Heat from interior camera - I found it interesting

[mentadent]

I found it interesting how the heat stopped the glass of my car misting in a small area around it:

Strange how it is a circle, when the shape of the camera is not a circle.

 

[Nigel]

Strange how it is a circle, when the shape of the camera is not a circle.

I guess most of the heat is transferred through the mount, which is almost a circle, then it spreads out in a circle from there, and it is extended in the direction of the body by a little IR radiation off the body. Looks like the sensor runs pretty cool!

 

[mentadent]

I guess most of the heat is transferred through the mount, which is almost a circle, then it spreads out in a circle from there, and it is extended in the direction of the body by a little IR radiation off the body. Looks like the sensor runs pretty cool!

That makes sense!

 

[kamkar]

I just noticed yesterday, the top 2-3 lines of my rear window defroster do not work any more, that is unfortunate CUZ my rear cameras sit above the top heater line.

Now i am thinking pipe floor heating ( rear seat ) to the back to blow on the glass.
No way will i get a new glass.

Also why the hell just the top lines, apparently i never understood how a rear defroster work, CUZ none of these lines are broken / cut

 

[mentadent]

That sucks @kamkar any lines broken destroy the whole window heater. I had a Ford with the front glass with heating elements inside, and a window chip broke the whole heating system. It was really cool system that removed ice in 30 seconds.

I wonder if a thermal camera would help you check the problem?

 

[Chuck McCoy]

I wonder if a thermal camera would help you check the problem?

You rang?

Here’s what it looks like in action;

 

[Mtz]

The same thing happen also on the front camera.

 

[EricSan]

I just noticed yesterday, the top 2-3 lines of my rear window defroster do not work any more, that is unfortunate CUZ my rear cameras sit above the top heater line.

Maybe something like this can work to repair your broken defroster grid lines. I haven’t used it, but there are some positive reviews for it. Might be worth a try. Like other electrical work, I’m imagining that surface prep is a key element before applying the repair paint.

https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B075FZQ1XS/ref=acr_dpx_hist_5

 

[kamkar]

O yeah surface as in ending condition or prepared condition is paramount, a major part of some of my educations ( Machine worker and all kinds of surface treatment / protection )

But i dont think the lines them self broke, at least i had nothing but my fat head touch the glass, and i never glued a camera on top of a line, actually i normally put cameras on the hatch frame and not on the glass and so film above the top heater line.

Sooner or even sooner i will have to take a closer look at it, CUZ it is that time of the year in little Denmark