How to prevent ice buildup on fog lights ?

[BRONK66]

You mention headlights and show a random Pic of a semi and aftermarket fog lights. I'm a little confused. Believe it or not i found rainex type applications made a big difference on my fisher plow led lights. I've also heard ceramic type applications will do the same. But I don't have personal experience with that.

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[northernlights]

You mention headlights and show a random Pic of a semi and aftermarket fog lights. I'm a little confused. Believe it or not i found rainex type applications made a big difference on my fisher plow led lights. I've also heard ceramic type applications will do the same. But I don't have personal experience with that.

Totally get the confusion and my bad. I adjusted the title to reflect the main text saying FOGLIGHTS.

 

[Tswag]

I'm a bit surprised. My Baja designs fogs (same kit) have kept up with some pretty bad slush/ice/cold. They throw out a decent amount of heat. I suspect there is a limit though. I have been successful with ceramic detailer spray on the headlights which extends the time to ice up, so I would suggest that, but I think there is a limit to that effectiveness...

 

[Chrome_Pony]

The headlight/fog light slushup/freezeover is a very specific set of winter circumstances with high humidity, temps just at or around freezing and snow/slush precipitation. Any colder it's just snow, any warmer and it's rain/snow mix. I see this a couple times a winter in AK, all other times, it's just meltwater evap that's the problem, which is a whole different issue.

If the issue you are seeing is anything like your picture attached, there isn't an LED light on earth that will put out enough heat to melt snow 3 inches away from it. Some vintage old-school Hella 550s, Cibie, Dick Cepek or Warn halogen-style lights will provide a lot of the heat to do just that, but they won't provide much of the light output you're used to from LEDs.

The best solution will always be an auxiliary heated sprayer for headlights/foglights. Heat elements will only melt snow and ice, it will not clear the dirt the evaporated water leaves behind.

 

[Fastmc25]

Heavily Mix Epson's salt with Vaseline and coat the lenses with it. Ice and snow won’t stick

It’d be like a gooey brine

 

[Baja Designs]

Living up here in the San Juan Mountains has some challenges. But at least I get use the capabilities of my Bronco every week. But with fog LED lights not putting out too much heat, and if its coming down, the ice up and become totally unusable. Cover??? . Kept running into this challenge... Baja Designs fogs... (and included typical day on the passes, why semi's are not fined higher amounts with inadequate equipment is baffling to me...)

Our lights are designed to run as cool as possible in normal conditions. Colder temperatures cause the light to run even cooler and produce less heat. Some lights mounted on top of the bumper would probably be a better placement for these conditions.

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