I'm pretty certain mine are verklempt. I'll poke and probe w/ a voltmeter
and see what the scoop is. It's heartening to hear that it's not a given
that the defroster strips may not have failed by now due to age.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR

On 10/23/2009 1:27 PM neil n wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Subject line, I believe, says it all.
>
>
> Since I have tinted windows, I never bothered checking mine. Just
> assumed they, or wiring, were Gerfunktabooten.
>
> One Fall evening, things finally got steamy enough to fog up. Flicked
> the switch. Much to my surprise, they work.
>
> Given ours are both pre '86 models, and mine has much higher miles on
> it, I bet the strips themselves are fine.
>
> Neil.
>