Bongo Fury

idea appeals

but having had a 12v kettle once.........no it never boiled

are they to a joke

Well it will depend on the wattage lets see;
http://www.cn-ice.com/car-heater-p-91.h ... 4wod0navJQ claims 200 Watts that's 16Amps, the 15Amp fuse in the Cigar lighter will blow for certain if you use your mirrors or radio!!
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?Tab ... &U=Strat15 The Maplin one is 150 Watts so thats 12.5Amps, and read the FAQ especially

Q- Does the car have to be on ie running for the heater to work or does it just work off from the car battery? - suresh

Answer- This can work off the car battery but it would drain rather quickly.

Are they a Joke ? No they earn these companies lots of money, and leave you with a piece of waste material that will cost you to dispose of

Halford don't sell them any more. They say they are dangerous

If you've got to have the engine running, might as well use the bongo's heater

technophobe wrote:Halford don't sell them any more. They say they are dangerous

I had one (in fact it may still be somewhere in my garage ) and it never got hot enough to be dangerous - just useless It was quicker to warm the engine up to defrost the windscreen although, to be fair, it made a nice toasty home for the spiders

I still have one but dont use it, as the wire gets hotter than the heater.

Nick

welsh winger wrote:I still have one but dont use it, as the wire gets hotter than the heater.

Nick

I think you've hit on the answer - tape the wire to the windscreen
I'd forgotten about the wire getting hot

technophobe wrote:Halford don't sell them any more. They say they are dangerous

Very much like the work they allow the oiks they employ perform on customers vehicles........ dangerous..

I found that you have to put it really close to the glass to get it to work even to clear small patches.

Daz

these are another "spin" on things...... if you use them when the engine is fired up.... should clear the screen quite quickly...
http://www2.westfalia.net/shops/car_acc ... er_12v.htm The Diesel Bongo does take a while to heat up on frosty mornings while stationary......these could help.....

My Bongo is parked close to my house and I have Rain-x on the windows, the combination helps the frost not to be too harsh and clears quick without the need for these types of heaters....
A friend.... puts a fan heater in his car 1/2 hour before leaving.....it warms the car and the windows clear easily... he used to have a greenhouse paraffin heater in overnight...

I think in my case it would be easier to plug the hook up cable into the garage overnight and put the lecky fan heater on a timer plug, its sits great on the armrest console

csmcqueen wrote:I think in my case it would be easier to plug the hook up cable into the garage overnight and put the lecky fan heater on a timer plug, its sits great on the armrest console

seems like a plan for those with hard wired mains on board....... a toasty inside of Bongo and easy clean windows....