Thread: Portable car heaters to defrost screen ?
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Old 15th November 2010, 15:39   #5
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I believe most of them are 150 watt and some a bit stronger but does anyone know if 150 watt is the maximum recommended to run from a 12v lighter socket ?

The type of product i am loking at is below:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/car-heater-12v...item45f695bb86

or maybe this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12v-Car-Defros...item1c164602c7
A complete waste of money - I tried one 20 years ago. They are poorly made and you would need something with 10x the wattage to make any real difference to the interior of a car in a reasonable amount of time. Not my car, but the company car I just pour luke warm water over the screen to de-ice it and hold the condensation at bay until it warms itself up.
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