I now see that setting the temp to 60 seems to keep the heat pump off. I can hear it gear up somewhere between 62 and 65 F.
I’ve figured out that hitting the defog button is my problem and just keeping the temp at 60, AUto-off, AC-off, air only to windshield, fan at 1 or 2 seems to work pretty well. All the steps I mention above are not required, and I can turn it on by touching the temp, and off by holding the temp. I will see if I can post a video. It’s MUCH simpler now that @Big Earl helped me understand. Thank you!
I’ve figured out that hitting the defog button is my problem and just keeping the temp at 60, AUto-off, AC-off, air only to windshield, fan at 1 or 2 seems to work pretty well. All the steps I mention above are not required, and I can turn it on by touching the temp, and off by holding the temp. I will see if I can post a video. It’s MUCH simpler now that @Big Earl helped me understand. Thank you!