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From: Chris Whelan on 31 Jul 2010 17:02 On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:24:20 +0100, Gordon H wrote: [...] > The HFS is also pretty quick but the single red demist button on the > Mondeo sets ; Heat=Max; Fan = Max Speed and A/C on. > > That works for me. Just not in 10 seconds ;-) Chris -- Remove prejudice to reply.
From: Clot on 31 Jul 2010 18:43 Chris Whelan wrote: > On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:24:20 +0100, Gordon H wrote: > > [...] > >> The HFS is also pretty quick but the single red demist button on the >> Mondeo sets ; Heat=Max; Fan = Max Speed and A/C on. >> >> That works for me. > > Just not in 10 seconds ;-) Ah remember when there werent no eater int car. 'Twas so difficult drivin dharn road. Them bloody kids spent all their time drawing cartoons ont side winders. We still have an air pressure screenwash, purchased new from a VW Dealer, not from a scrappie and stick-on rear screen heater A35 four door! Them were the days!
From: The Peeler on 31 Jul 2010 20:10 On 31 Jul 2010 16:36:33 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >"Yassir I. Khan-Bughi" <tom29NO(a)SPAMblueyonder.co.uk> gurgled happily, >sounding much like they were saying: > >>> Umm, yes. Have you? Warm aircon sounds like a contradiction in terms. > >> ! >> >> Air. Conditioning. Warmer or cooler, whats contradictory about that? > >Quite. > >The air passing over the aircon evaporator is cooled, yes. But it's then >passed over the heater matrix, so can be heated again. It remains dry, >though. Presto - warm, dry air. Perfect for clearing the windows. Over here, where air conditioning comes as standard, we refer to warm air as "heat".
From: The Peeler on 31 Jul 2010 20:13 On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:59:55 GMT, Chris Whelan <cawhelan(a)prejudicentlworld.com> wrote: >On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:43:48 +0800, The Peeler wrote: > >[...] > >> Umm, yes. Have you? Warm aircon sounds like a contradiction in terms. > >What is "aircon" an abbreviation for? Air *conditioning*. *Not* "air >*cooling*! And you condition the air by cooling it. >It means a system that will allow the air in an environment to be as >close to the desired temperature and humidity as possible. It is achieved >by being able to heat, cool, dehumidify, and sometimes humidify the air >in an environment. You're thinking of "climate control".
From: Chris Whelan on 1 Aug 2010 03:57
On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:13:34 +0800, The Peeler wrote: > On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:59:55 GMT, Chris Whelan > <cawhelan(a)prejudicentlworld.com> wrote: > >>On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:43:48 +0800, The Peeler wrote: >> >>[...] >> >>> Umm, yes. Have you? Warm aircon sounds like a contradiction in >>> terms. >> >>What is "aircon" an abbreviation for? Air *conditioning*. *Not* "air >>*cooling*! > > And you condition the air by cooling it. Or heating it. Or sometimes by adding moisture to it. >>It means a system that will allow the air in an environment to be as >>close to the desired temperature and humidity as possible. It is >>achieved by being able to heat, cool, dehumidify, and sometimes humidify >>the air in an environment. > > You're thinking of "climate control". How do you know what I'm thinking? Air conditioning in general (not necessarily automotive) terms means everything I list above; "climate control" means having an automatic control system to mange all of that without user intervention. Chris -- Remove prejudice to reply. |