Kennita Tully did pass the time by typing:
> Recently on an extremely cold Kansas morning - right around zero - my
> windshield cracked right up the middle in front of the defroster. The
> crack formed a "T" almost perfectly aligned with the defroster. That baby
> puts out heat like a blast furnace. Has anyone ever heard of this happening
> on other Jeeps or did I just have a bad day?

Now's probably the wrong time to say this....

When any vehicle is in sub freezing (single digit or lower) temps
you shouldn't turn on the defrost without moving the temp to below
mid-range. In the old truck I used to put a piece of cardboard over
the defrosters so they couldn't directly hit the windshield.

--
DougW

 

Kennita Tully did pass the time by typing:
> Recently on an extremely cold Kansas morning - right around zero - my
> windshield cracked right up the middle in front of the defroster. The
> crack formed a "T" almost perfectly aligned with the defroster. That baby
> puts out heat like a blast furnace. Has anyone ever heard of this happening
> on other Jeeps or did I just have a bad day?

Now's probably the wrong time to say this....

When any vehicle is in sub freezing (single digit or lower) temps
you shouldn't turn on the defrost without moving the temp to below
mid-range. In the old truck I used to put a piece of cardboard over
the defrosters so they couldn't directly hit the windshield.

--
DougW

 

Kennita Tully did pass the time by typing:
> Recently on an extremely cold Kansas morning - right around zero - my
> windshield cracked right up the middle in front of the defroster. The
> crack formed a "T" almost perfectly aligned with the defroster. That baby
> puts out heat like a blast furnace. Has anyone ever heard of this happening
> on other Jeeps or did I just have a bad day?

Now's probably the wrong time to say this....

When any vehicle is in sub freezing (single digit or lower) temps
you shouldn't turn on the defrost without moving the temp to below
mid-range. In the old truck I used to put a piece of cardboard over
the defrosters so they couldn't directly hit the windshield.

--
DougW

 

Roughly 1/7/04 14:53, DougW's monkeys randomly typed:

> Kennita Tully did pass the time by typing:
>> Recently on an extremely cold Kansas morning - right around zero - my
>> windshield cracked right up the middle in front of the defroster. The
>> crack formed a "T" almost perfectly aligned with the defroster. That baby
>> puts out heat like a blast furnace. Has anyone ever heard of this happening
>> on other Jeeps or did I just have a bad day?
>
> Now's probably the wrong time to say this....
>
> When any vehicle is in sub freezing (single digit or lower) temps
> you shouldn't turn on the defrost without moving the temp to below
> mid-range. In the old truck I used to put a piece of cardboard over
> the defrosters so they couldn't directly hit the windshield.
>
In Montana, is pretty automatic to drop the temp both when
initially starting, or to cooloff before shutting down. But
in the Utah desert, this just wasn't expected.

 

Roughly 1/7/04 14:53, DougW's monkeys randomly typed:

> Kennita Tully did pass the time by typing:
>> Recently on an extremely cold Kansas morning - right around zero - my
>> windshield cracked right up the middle in front of the defroster. The
>> crack formed a "T" almost perfectly aligned with the defroster. That baby
>> puts out heat like a blast furnace. Has anyone ever heard of this happening
>> on other Jeeps or did I just have a bad day?
>
> Now's probably the wrong time to say this....
>
> When any vehicle is in sub freezing (single digit or lower) temps
> you shouldn't turn on the defrost without moving the temp to below
> mid-range. In the old truck I used to put a piece of cardboard over
> the defrosters so they couldn't directly hit the windshield.
>
In Montana, is pretty automatic to drop the temp both when
initially starting, or to cooloff before shutting down. But
in the Utah desert, this just wasn't expected.

 

Roughly 1/7/04 14:53, DougW's monkeys randomly typed:

> Kennita Tully did pass the time by typing:
>> Recently on an extremely cold Kansas morning - right around zero - my
>> windshield cracked right up the middle in front of the defroster. The
>> crack formed a "T" almost perfectly aligned with the defroster. That baby
>> puts out heat like a blast furnace. Has anyone ever heard of this happening
>> on other Jeeps or did I just have a bad day?
>
> Now's probably the wrong time to say this....
>
> When any vehicle is in sub freezing (single digit or lower) temps
> you shouldn't turn on the defrost without moving the temp to below
> mid-range. In the old truck I used to put a piece of cardboard over
> the defrosters so they couldn't directly hit the windshield.
>
In Montana, is pretty automatic to drop the temp both when
initially starting, or to cooloff before shutting down. But
in the Utah desert, this just wasn't expected.