Auto lights and wipers a year on
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From: Harry Bloomfield on 11 Jul 2010 05:29 Adrian wrote on 06/07/2010 : > Mmm. > > Excuse me for not being impressed, but I can do that too - just a bit > earlier... No you cannot. You don't want to be wiping the screen until it needs wiping and you need the wipe to stop the instant it is clear - the auto wipe does that and takes up none of your attention. Did I say I'm completely sold on auto-wipe system? -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Harry Bloomfield on 11 Jul 2010 05:38 Adrian pretended : > The only reason to be concerned is because you can't see for that brief > moment until the little wiper elf in the dashboard decides he can't see > either. The elf, or my elf notices the need long before I do and then there is not the delay while the elf finds a safe opportunity to switch them on. Basically, the wipers once there has been any hint of rain will be in the auto position already and they then react instantly to any trace of water hitting the screen. You really need to try the system to realise just how effective they are and I would suspect the blades will last much longer too. > > Anyway, what's "fiddly" about extending one finger and flicking - without > looking? It is fiddly because you need to divert your attention and perhaps move your hand round the steering wheel to a position where you can reach the switch with your finger. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Harry Bloomfield on 11 Jul 2010 05:46 Chelsea Tractor Man explained on 06/07/2010 : > find they do a better job than a two position switch operated by the > driver. We will have to disagree. My old car had a twelve position rotary delay setting in the usual place and I thought that was pretty good, but it took a lot of my attention to keep it on the right setting in variable conditions. Auto- wipers are just turn on and forget for the rest of the journey - the action becomes completely invisible. When the wiper switches were on the centre dash position and I was carrying a passenger, I would often invite the passenger to take charge of keeping the screen clear. This system beats that by a very large margin. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Harry Bloomfield on 11 Jul 2010 05:48 Adrian was thinking very hard : > Which bit of that can I not do with one finger and a greater degree of > pre-emption? Pre-emption is not needed, they work instantly at the slightest trace of rain on the screen. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Mortimer on 11 Jul 2010 05:55
"Harry Bloomfield" <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:mn.5a867da7b6d6b153.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk... > When the wiper switches were on the centre dash position and I was > carrying a passenger, I would often invite the passenger to take charge of > keeping the screen clear. This system beats that by a very large margin. I did this (as a passenger) on my Dad's Hillman Hunter in the 1970s when the rain was intermittent and the wipers only had two constant (and no intermittent) speed. After doing what was effectively a flick-wipe for the third time the fuse blew... Evidently wipers on older cars didn't like being turned on and off at the switch every few seconds :-( |