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Piwoslaw · 01-13-2012, 03:19 AM

I just got the windshield cover I ordered:

Just in time, this weekend winter will finally start.

Since it also covers the side windows, the solar trickle charger (which was on the dash) no longer works. I thought maybe to relocate it to the sunroof, but

The glass is tinted, so the PV's output will be reduced,
It gets mighty hot up there, especially when I put in alu foil to reduce cabin temperatures.

01-13-2012, 03:19 AM	#236 (permalink)
Piwoslaw aero guerrilla Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 3,705 Svietlana II - '13 Peugeot 308SW e-HDI 6sp 90 day: 58.1 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,278 Thanked 731 Times in 464 Posts	I just got the windshield cover I ordered: Just in time, this weekend winter will finally start. Since it also covers the side windows, the solar trickle charger (which was on the dash) no longer works. I thought maybe to relocate it to the sunroof, but The glass is tinted, so the PV's output will be reduced, It gets mighty hot up there, especially when I put in alu foil to reduce cabin temperatures. Attached Thumbnails __________________ e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be What matters is where you're going, not how fast. "... we humans tend to screw up everything that's good enough as it is...or everything that we're attracted to, we love to go and defile it." - Chris Cornell [Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread