How to deal with fogging windows?

Misted windows in a car negatively affects the safety of the driver and passengers, because they limit the visibility of the road and can lead to an accident. This fact is known to every motorist and in this article we will look at the main causes of fogging windows and learn how to deal with it.

Causes of glass fogging

Glasses fog up due to condensation, which settles on them. And condensation appears due to the interaction of warm air in the salon and cold-outside. Therefore, in winter, the windows fog up more often.

Also, condensation forms due to high humidity in the salon.&Nbsp;rain or snow on car rugs accumulates a large amount of excess moisture, which leads to fogging.

With a faulty or incorrectly operating cabin filter, excess moisture is not absorbed and remains in the salon. This also causes the windows to fog up.

The windows can also fog up if the valve in the car is broken, which ensures the flow of clean air into the interior. Another reason may be a broken sensor for adjusting the operation of the dampers of this valve.

If in the cabin there are passengers in a state of even mild alcoholic intoxication, the windows will inevitably begin to fog up, since when alcohol is consumed, the heat transfer of the body increases, the body temperature and respiratory tract rises. Due to the hot air exhaled by a person in a state of alcoholic intoxication and fogging of the windows occurs.

What to do if the windows are fogged up

Ventilate and warm up the car interior

Start the engine, slightly lower the side windows and turn on the interior heating to maximum. The main thing is to turn off the recirculation mode, which prevents air from entering from the street.

To do this, it is recommended to start the engine and while it is warms up, slightly open the side windows and turn on the heating at the highest power and rpm, and also make sure that the recirculation mode is not in the vehicle interior and air was coming from the street.

Wipe Windows

An obvious way to wipe off condensation from windows is to wipe the glass with a dry and clean cloth that absorbs moisture well. This relieves the "symptoms", but naturally the windows can fog up again after a while.

Replace cabin filter

If the main reason for fogging the windows is a broken cabin filter, then first of all it needs to be replaced or repaired. If this is not done, the moisture from the passenger compartment will not go anywhere and the glass will fog up systematically.

How to prevent glass fogging

To prevent the windows from fogging up, the ventilation in the car and must have good air circulation, to keep the windows clean and so that moisture does not accumulate in the salon.

Therefore it is necessary:

monitor the cabin filter, clean it periodically and change it if necessary.
systematically wipe the glass with a clean damp sponge
avoid wet clothes in the salon and use moisture-absorbing car mats

Also, to prevent glass fogging, there are many different anti-fogging sprays that form a thin film with water-repellent properties on the glass. It is necessary to apply such substances on a clean and dry surface. Since the principle of operation of anti-foggers is the same, then among all their set, you should pay attention to those that will protect windows from fogging for as long as possible.