Heated Windscreen?

[Big G]

Will soon be having a bit of bad luck and my windscreen will break  ;)  now heres the question ..... If I got it replaced with a heated one would there be much difficulty in fitting the electrics to make it work and if its easy enough would it cost much to do?

I am sure the great knowledge on here will put me right

[JIMBOBLY]

that wouldnt take much work at all realy,you'd need some reasonably heavy wire,30 amp relay,20 amp fuse,and if you wanted to be realy flash,you could get a proper landrover switch that wouldnt look out of place in the dash,it'd be a good conversion,i have done one actually,in a stock hatch race car,so they dont have to have all the air box and stuff.

[Tiki Al]

best mod i've ever done :)  got all i needed from Devon 4x4

[Big G]

A question for anybody that already has a heated screen on a Defender .........  which way up will the connectors be? ............ at the top of the screen or the bottom? ......... just so I can prepare the wiring.

Thanks .... G

[davidlandy]

keep the wires as short as possible = bottom

[ragerover]

Will soon be having a bit of bad luck and my windscreen will break  ;)  now heres the question ..... If I got it replaced with a heated one would there be much difficulty in fitting the electrics to make it work and if its easy enough would it cost much to do?

I am sure the great knowledge on here will put me right

i was thinking the same myself im sure i read somewhere you need a timer so it doesnt burn out the element
are you getting yours done through autoglass

[Big G]

rage rover .....

Will be getting the windscreen fitted by National Windscreens.

Yes your right regards the timer issue but i`m not sure if its a timer switch or a timer relay .. :-k also not sure wther to fit two relays of say 30amps each one between the switch and each positive terminal on the windscreen or to just go through one but thats a big 70 amp relay. Someone will put us right hopefully mate ;)

[Tiki Al]

don't know if this is going to work but here goes :)

it's supposed to be a wiring diagram for the heated screen pdf doc :)

[ragerover]

what side are the terminals on driver side bottom or passenger side?  what are the connections ?female spade?