Looks like a cool little timer.

Most 120V household electrical heaters in the US are rated at 1500
Watts. The timer James in snowy, cold Ottawa ON mentions has the
following load rating: "10Amp, 1250-watt resistive, 4-Amp, 500-Watt
Tungsten/ 4-Amp Ballast."

So if you likee that timer, get a heater rated appropriately.

(I don't know whether your basic standard hot-coiled-wire heater is
purely resistive, or whether it draws higher current when it first turns
on, like a tungsten light bulb.)

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 02/11/2014 05:12 PM, James wrote:
> That's a good timer, but team it with a heater meant to pre-warm a car interior, like a 'little buddy':
> http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/little-buddy-110v-car-warmer-0303405p.html#.UvrKWF8o5Mt
>
> James
> Snowy, cold Ottawa ON
>
>> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:03:36 -0500
>> From: psdooley@VERIZON.NET
>> Subject: Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>
>> Yeah, that's the idea.  Run a cord to the house and get one of these:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005WQIDHY/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UT
>> F8&psc=1
>> http://tinyurl.com/lm98bod
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TonyCollin [mailto:tonycollin@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 11:46 PM
>> To: Project Pat
>> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
>>
>> Pat
>>
>> Do you use any old type of space heater?
>>
>> I could see something like this working to heat up the interior of a tin top
>> and making it more pleasant before take off.
>>
>> T.
>>
>> On Feb 9, 2014, at 9:18 PM, Project Pat <psdooley@VERIZON.NET> wrote:
>>
>> Sorry I didn't read the whole thread, but has anybody mentioned a space
>> heater inside the van?  Set on a timer to turn on 20 min before you leave
>> the house.  The inside will be toasty warm and hopefully the ice on the
>> glass will melt.
>
>