Geez Rocky, my '84 has 240,000 miles on it and they still work...

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>

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Jake

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