ashtons99 wrote:

Just to add my bit, Ive been out and had a look under the battery cover, no sign of any type of fuse. My car is a june 08 reg car. The dealer has checked for me and there are no outstanding recall actions on the car.

Based on this is it fair to say I have an operational PTC thingy. I turned it on via the prog button after work tonight and to be honest i wasnt aware of any significant temp increase for probably 2 minutes.

Is that about right?

oh well, i will see how it goes

Tried it this morning but instead of using the prog button I put the aircon on and it heated up just the same....

I guess we live and learn  ______________________
2011 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8
2012 FL2 SD4 Auto HSE
2013 Kawasaki Versys 650

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winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

I know we are all really labouring this but it is strange how our vehicles differ.
My aircon was off this morning, no prog button or heated screen buttons pressed and within 30 secs there was a warm (not hot) air flow from the vents.

Lets move on..............  FL2 TD4 XS Santorini

chicken george wrote:

when do we get our written apologies?

I'll deliver it by hand when I come down for me tractor tuition  ______________________
2011 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8
2012 FL2 SD4 Auto HSE
2013 Kawasaki Versys 650

sandwiched between two £50's  At work
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winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

chicken george wrote:

sandwiched between two £50's

I was going to propose using two £100 notes, but if you insist on 50's thats fine by me  ______________________
2011 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8
2012 FL2 SD4 Auto HSE
2013 Kawasaki Versys 650

Non of that funny Scots paper money  At work
At home

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winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

OK, this is what i did this afternoon before going for a play in the snow.
Temp on dash display was showing -1 and before fireing the FL2 up i turned both temp control dials to minimum and opened all vents with fan on No1 setting, no air con/prog button/front&rear elec screens on.
As I expected no heat after a couple of minutes after engine start up (so no auto start up of PTC) then simply turned up the temp control dials and hey presto full heat (the PTC kicking in).
So my take on it is that the PTC heater is basically a pre heater for the cab that operates untill you get the engine up to working temp.
The prog button just utalizes this PTC heat along with the defrost functions of the elec front & rear screens + air con to be a simple one touch control on cold/frosty start ups.

@ Dave and Sammy,

Thanks a lot for sorting that out - it was worth it I would say, considering all these people / forum members being as confused as I was. I shall treat that PTC then as you did and will focus on the temp control dials then to get the warm air.

Regards
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