Hair Dryer

[GLASSTIME]

I figured Id start a new thread with the topic "Hair Dryer"

I currently do use a hair dryer to assist me in the heating process. However the one I have also needs a power source and is very bulky.
In a previous post I noticed FrankEU mentioned something about his and it struck me to google Cordless 12 Volt Hair Dryer.
My findings were remarakable as I found a 12 Volt Mini Folding Hair Dryer that has Loop Ring, Coned End (you could get more precised air flowing torward the void) & it plugs into the cigarette lighter. Total is $10.03

To ship to me would be $22.00

Granted permission I will post a picture of it and personally send the link to you either here or in PM once again granted permission from Brent.

This is a really cool find as I was just telling my wife that it would be really neat if they made a Hair Dryer of this design that can plug into the cigarette lighter.
Some of you already knew of this however I didnt.......

*My question would be this. I wonder how much this particular Hair Dryer would consume by using it with my mobile battery pack? I have had some vehicles where the cigarette lighter port didnt work. So I used my battery pack.

[Frank EU]

I will be looking for the details later today and let you know.

[Brent Deines]

No problem posting the photo. Like I mentioned in the other topic, the 12V hair dryers I have used do not put out as much heat, the heat and fan controls are very limited, and they are not of the same quality as the AC models. I do like having one around in the event power is not available, so if you find one that works as well as an AC model please let me know.

The Delta Kits mobile battery system will not power a 12V hair dryer properly. You need to use the vehicle's cigarette lighter plug or have the equivelent of a car battery to make the ones I have used work right so if I'm going to lug around a car battery you might as well pack a portable generator and have power for your headlight stripper and polisher as well. Just mho.

[Brent Deines]

FrankEU just sent me an e-mail stating that the 12V hair dryer he uses reaches a temperature of 46 degrees Celsius, which I believe is about 105 degrees Fahrenheit. I have purchased several models that look almost identical but do not reach that temperature, but maybe I'm just unlucky or did not choose the right brand. 105 degrees is warm enough to do the job, so although I still prefer a wider variance of temperature control that many AC models offer, I think having one of these in your arsenal of tools is a great idea.

Frank also sent me a link to a site that claims to have a 200 degree model, so that might be one to check out as well. Since I have not used either of these models myself I am not endorsing them, but if interested you can run a Google search for the following items.

Road Pro RSPC-818 (Frank uses this one)

12 Volt PowerHunt 200 Degrees Hair Dryer

The last 12V hair dryer I purchased came from camping world and I did not like it much at all. I guess I'll have to try one of these.

Thanks for setting me straight Frank. Hopefully Chad purchases a good one and does not get stuck with something like the ones I have purchased in the past.

[GLASSTIME]

I totally agree. Since using mine I always use it on the lowest setting and it seems to do just fine heating the glass and keeping it warm. That in mind is my only inititive in purchasing this one.


Also my Dryer doesnt have the LOOP hole. It sometimes is hard to keep it on the Suction' Hook. I do use Velcro!

[GLASSTIME]

OK, Cool! It seems my findings in searching google is this is the same one that Frank uses!

[GLASSTIME]

I just wanted to let you guys know I just recieved my hair dryer as pictured above! I Love It!
I had to go outside and test it out. We are having low 80's temps here and I placed it on my vans WS turned it on and grabbed my infared thermo and it read 200. I was pointing it inside the heater chamber. I am also suprised at the amount of area it covers on the glass (Heat that is) the dryer itself is very Sub _ Compact, so far... Just what I was lookin for!


Will update at a later date when temps out are in the 40's my discoveries!

Take Care!

[Eco Steam]

Not sure if it's cool to mention this, but I was at Harbor Freight over the weekend and they had these Dryers on sale from $14.99 to $12.99....I know that they sell a lot of cheap stuff there, but they do have some useful things sometimes.......

[GLASSTIME]

Just thought I would do a update to this post and my findings for the RSPC Hair Dryer that I purchase recently.
I have used it numerous of times now and really enjoy this dryer. No it does not put out a tremendous amount of air, Yet the quality of the dryer along with the portability and heat temps you cannot go wrong with purchasing yourself one oof them.

In fact due to its size when I hang it from the small suction cup with the small hook connected in order to hang the dryer from its Loop hole I like the angle that it sits on the glass.

I also am convinced that the vibration it causes to the glass helps in my repair process!
Everything just seemed to flow much better.

I have noticed that we have a company in which I have mentioned prior in a different post in my area that sets up in a very busy shopping center parking lot and performs WSR throughout the year! I have noticed he doesnt use a Hair Dryer at all nor have I ever heard a vehicle running to make me believe he is running the vehicles defroster or heating source.

So just curious what his repairs actually look like when complete!

[Brent Deines]

Not sure if it's cool to mention this, but I was at Harbor Freight over the weekend and they had these Dryers on sale from $14.99 to $12.99....I know that they sell a lot of cheap stuff there, but they do have some useful things sometimes.......

I just picked up one of these heaters and had David run a few tests for me using our mobile battery system. As suspected, the battery did not have enough power to power it very long. The heating element only got to 98 degrees F at the peak, and the glass was only warmed from 61 degrees F to 74 degrees F in 4 minutes, and reached a peak high temperature of 74.5 degrees F at 5 minutes. At 7 minutes the glass temperature was holding at 74 degrees F but the battery was spent so the fan died and the test was discontinued.

David will run another test using a fully charged car battery to see if we can improve on those numbers a bit as I'm not sure that the performance we saw would be sufficient in colder weather. Hopefully the larger battery will help considerably.

One thing I did like about this particular model is that it comes with a removable base with two holes in it. David is going to mount some suction cups in those holes so it can be mounted directly to the glass. I think that will work well but will have to find the right cup to match the weight and vibration of the heater.

Will provide update after more testing, but so far it looks like the one Chad and Frank are using provides more heat.

Oh yeah, I was pleasantly surprised to find that this heater is much smaller than it looks in the photo and the handle folds inside making it a reasonably compact unit.