Mach-E Thermography (Thermal Images)

• Heated mirrors and wiper park areas seem to stay on all the time with AUTO.
  • You can feel the warm areas by hand
• Rear defrost only comes on when you press the button
• Front camera heater only comes on at startup, and you cannot manually activate it. It turns on itself when the view is blocked.
• Using lower fan speeds will minimize the amount of warm air blowing out the rear vent extractors (wasted heat).
• Reflectix roof covering is very effective at blocking heat loss.

MellowJohnny said:

Excellent shots Lee! I had no idea there was heat escaping out the back of the car like that. Super interesting.

Here's a shot of the camera heater in action:

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Mach-Lee said:

These are thermal images of all the heated areas in the Mach-E. Taken with a tiny FLIR thermal camera that has poor resolution.

Heated seats:

Heated steering wheel, my favorite:

Rear defrost:

Heated mirrors and warm side glass:

Heated wiper parking area:

Heated front camera:

The trace runs up around and down the side of the windshield to the connections in the cowl:

Front windshield defrost:

Battery pack:

Air extractors under the rear bumper cover. This is where the warm cabin air exits your vehicle. If you use too much fan speed, this area will get hot. Marker light is also warm.

This one has personal significance. Notice the roof glass in front of the shark fin is cool. That's because I have my Reflextix covering the glass. It's doing a great job blocking heat loss, so good that you can clearly see its outline because I have some tiny gaps around the edges where some heat is getting through.

Notes:

• Heated mirrors and wiper park areas seem to stay on all the time with AUTO.
  • You can feel the warm areas by hand
• Rear defrost only comes on when you press the button
• Front camera heater only comes on at startup, and you cannot manually activate it. It turns on itself when the view is blocked.
• Using lower fan speeds will minimize the amount of warm air blowing out the rear vent extractors (wasted heat).
• Reflectix roof covering is very effective at blocking heat loss.

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67 Stang Convertible said:

Look at that Snow!!! Wow, that would shut Atlanta down for a week!! ? ?

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Mach-Lee said:

Heated wiper parking area:

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ChasingCoral said:

Was this a pre-conditioned battery pack showing 32.2°C?

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Mach-Lee said:

These are thermal images of all the heated areas in the Mach-E. Taken with a tiny FLIR thermal camera that has poor resolution.

Heated seats:

Heated steering wheel, my favorite:

Rear defrost:

Heated mirrors and warm side glass:

Heated wiper parking area:

Heated front camera:

The trace runs up around and down the side of the windshield to the connections in the cowl:

Front windshield defrost:

Battery pack:

Air extractors under the rear bumper cover. This is where the warm cabin air exits your vehicle. If you use too much fan speed, this area will get hot. Marker light is also warm.

This one has personal significance. Notice the roof glass in front of the shark fin is cool. That's because I have my Reflextix covering the glass. It's doing a great job blocking heat loss, so good that you can clearly see its outline because I have some tiny gaps around the edges where some heat is getting through.

Notes:

• Heated mirrors and wiper park areas seem to stay on all the time with AUTO.
  • You can feel the warm areas by hand
• Rear defrost only comes on when you press the button
• Front camera heater only comes on at startup, and you cannot manually activate it. It turns on itself when the view is blocked.
• Using lower fan speeds will minimize the amount of warm air blowing out the rear vent extractors (wasted heat).
• Reflectix roof covering is very effective at blocking heat loss.

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Mach-Lee said:

Air extractors under the rear bumper cover. This is where the warm cabin air exits your vehicle. If you use too much fan speed, this area will get hot. Marker light is also warm.

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Gloff said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't you want the fan on high until you get to optimum temperature? Heat rising and all that, wouldn't that push the colder air out the back, then dial down the fan once you're near the temp you want (or comfortable)?

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