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Heated Washer Jets

izzitme
izzitme Posts: 413 Forumite
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Hi all.
I would appreciate some advice please.
I would like to know whether heated screen washer jets are as effective as a heated windscreen (as fitted to Ford amongst others).
Many thanks in advance.
Going down the Oteley Road to see the Shrewsbury aces! :T

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  • chrisw
    chrisw Posts: 3,917 Forumite
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    Effective at what? They usually come specified together. 

    My Volvo has heated windscreen and it's brilliant - clears a frosted windscreen in around 30 seconds. I also have the heated jets but I've never noticeably used or needed them. I suspect the anti freezing has as much to do with the screen wash mixture than the heated jets.
  • molerat
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    Heated washer jets are to prevent the fluid from freezing on the nozzle, not as an alternative to defrosting the screen.
  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
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    edited 10 July 2020 at 7:38PM
    izzitme said:
    Hi all.
    I would appreciate some advice please.
    I would like to know whether heated screen washer jets are as effective as a heated windscreen (as fitted to Ford amongst others).
    Many thanks in advance.
    No. they're only effective at stopping the washers jets from freezing, they do not heat up the water to clear a frozen windscreen.
  • izzitme
    izzitme Posts: 413 Forumite
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    chrisw said:
    Effective at what? They usually come specified together. 

    My Volvo has heated windscreen and it's brilliant - clears a frosted windscreen in around 30 seconds. I also have the heated jets but I've never noticeably used or needed them. I suspect the anti freezing has as much to do with the screen wash mixture than the heated jets.
    I have a Ford with the heated screen. It is a great bonus on frosty mornings. I was wondering whether the washer jets had any effect on a frozen screen. Apparently not.

    Going down the Oteley Road to see the Shrewsbury aces! :T
  • Scrapit
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    Because I've had both on a vehicle that would suggest that it wouldn't work in the way you hope.
  • Grumpy_chap
    Grumpy_chap Posts: 20,010 Forumite
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    Heated winscreen will beat heated washer jet nozzles any day :)
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