How would you defrost this SUV?
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"Cars don't feel wind chill" is my point. Wind chill is an effect on skin. If a machine is exposed to wind in a cold temperature it will cool to air temperature faster than if there was no wind but no lower.
I’m glad there are some people who understand
“Wind Chill” and
“Heat Index”.
I hate both terms as it gets many people confused.
The temperature is the temperature.
No “feels like”.
“Wind Chill” and
“Heat Index”.
I hate both terms as it gets many people confused.
The temperature is the temperature.
No “feels like”.
Yeah, but if you are a human outside, then the "feels like" temperature is what you are really interested in. This last weekend at the ski hill, it was -4C on saturday afternoon and -14C on sunday morning. But sunday had the sun out and no wind and it was much more pleasant than -4C with no sun and 20mph winds, high humidity air, and blowing snow...
This time of year, just wait for a warm day
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The way to defrost it if warm days are too far away is to build a tent around it (plastic sheetd and tape would work if you can't find a real tent) then channel the output of a kerosene torpedo heater into that tent. If you need AC to run the torpedo heater but don't have access to something nearby you have to run a small generator to provide the AC for the torpedo heater.
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The way to defrost it if warm days are too far away is to build a tent around it (plastic sheetd and tape would work if you can't find a real tent) then channel the output of a kerosene torpedo heater into that tent. If you need AC to run the torpedo heater but don't have access to something nearby you have to run a small generator to provide the AC for the torpedo heater.
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Right - but it does remove heat if that’s your weapon of choice …
We have used waterproof heat traced blankets to thaw frozen equipment before …
The blanket both blocks the wind and traps the heat …
There is no such wind chill. You are not thinking using science. Weather idiots came up with wind chill to say exposed skin feels colder when its windy. Zero effect on cars or metal or anything else. This foolish thinking is everywhere and its sad people stopped thinking.
Yes windchill effect phenomenon will affect the heat transfer.
It is a scientific phenomenon, your radiator works on that principle. It’s just that the weather people made it into something else that benefits their ratings.
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okay in principle - yes
maybe tone it down to:
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Call this guy, he's been booted from twitter, so he's got plenty of time on his hands.
If you read my second post I said exactly what you are saying. My first post was to get a response from an earlier poster.
Wind chill is a perceived effect on skin. A machine will only reach the true air temperature. Wind only effects the speed at which the happens.
I have had similar issues in my own driveway after an ice storm. I get buckets of hot water to allow one to get into the car and start it. More buckets to clear the windshield. Once reasonable visibility from the interior is established, just turn the heat on high and drive the vehicle. The interior heat will cause the ice to loosen up. Avoid high speed crowded highways. You don't want a big chunk of ice flying off your vehicle into the windshield of another vehicle.
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Man, beat me to it LOL
Literally my first thought.
Well, yeah but that won't thaw it out NOW.
I accept that wind chill is a weather channel invention, but if it had only been cold, that SUV would not have any ice on it. The wind whipped the lake Erie into the air and coated the thing. So yes it isn't a wind chill situation, but if no wind it wouldn't have been a worthy photo.
Heated Tks fluid. That Ice would come right off.I'd run remote start as many times as possible to help release the ice and then carefully chip away the driver door area, so I can enter the car to turn it on and heat it up. Then chip away in sections. What would you do?
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New York cars encased in ice after lake spray freezes vehicles to ground
A driver parked an SUV lakeside in Hamburg, New York, and came back to their car frozen from lake spray.nypost.com
"This car probably had a beautiful view of Lake Erie on St. Patrick’s Day with temperatures above freezing. The temperature started dropping, and the wind picked up after that. On Saturday, winds gusted to 47 mph, which churned a healthy chop on the lake and a lot of sea spray. "
