Best car heater....to clear windscreen
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From: Kostas Kavoussanakis on 6 Feb 2010 07:40 On Sat, 6 Feb 2010, Duncan Wood wrote: > On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:49:30 -0000, Kostas Kavoussanakis > <kavousan(a)epcc.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > >> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010, Duncan Wood wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:01:24 -0000, Kostas Kavoussanakis >>> <kavousan(a)epcc.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010, Duncan Wood wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:02:34 -0000, Kostas Kavoussanakis >>>>> <kavousan(a)epcc.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> So my question is if the mechanisms to protect the A/C can be trusted. >>>>>> And, yes, on the Accord I once messed up the A/C cancellation and found >>>>>> out when I got out of the car 8 miles later on hearing it going at the >>>>>> front (not just the light). Indicated -1 springs to mind. >>>>>> What do folk know about this? >>>>> Well even if it didn't work all that happens is that it ices up. >>>> So, no irreversible damage? Thanks! >>> >>> Your windscreen mists up as there's no air flow, but unless you're >>> exceptionally unlucky that's it. >> >> Thanks. Won't there be hot air flow either? >> >> (Thanks for the warning re other sensors, Dave Plowman.) >> > > Nope, hot & cold air all goes through the evaporator on the way to dry it. > Thereagain it'll probably cut out on its own, why do you think it doesn't. I am not sure I understand your last sentence. If you are asking why I am asking all that, it's because of (mis?)reading the A/C section of the Focus manual (which I no longer have, car or manual :-) ). I was left with the impression that the user needs to ensure that they don't operate the A/C in freezing conditions. I think I have got it now, thanks for all the inputs. -- Kostas
From: Duncan Wood on 6 Feb 2010 08:04
On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:40:45 -0000, Kostas Kavoussanakis <kavousan(a)epcc.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > On Sat, 6 Feb 2010, Duncan Wood wrote: > >> On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:49:30 -0000, Kostas Kavoussanakis >> <kavousan(a)epcc.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010, Duncan Wood wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:01:24 -0000, Kostas Kavoussanakis >>>> <kavousan(a)epcc.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010, Duncan Wood wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:02:34 -0000, Kostas Kavoussanakis >>>>>> <kavousan(a)epcc.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> So my question is if the mechanisms to protect the A/C can be >>>>>>> trusted. And, yes, on the Accord I once messed up the A/C >>>>>>> cancellation and found out when I got out of the car 8 miles later >>>>>>> on hearing it going at the front (not just the light). Indicated >>>>>>> -1 springs to mind. >>>>>>> What do folk know about this? >>>>>> Well even if it didn't work all that happens is that it ices up. >>>>> So, no irreversible damage? Thanks! >>>> Your windscreen mists up as there's no air flow, but unless you're >>>> exceptionally unlucky that's it. >>> Thanks. Won't there be hot air flow either? >>> (Thanks for the warning re other sensors, Dave Plowman.) >>> >> >> Nope, hot & cold air all goes through the evaporator on the way to dry >> it. Thereagain it'll probably cut out on its own, why do you think it >> doesn't. > > I am not sure I understand your last sentence. If you are asking why I > am asking all that, it's because of (mis?)reading the A/C section of the > Focus manual (which I no longer have, car or manual :-) ). I was left > with the impression that the user needs to ensure that they don't > operate the A/C in freezing conditions. > > I think I have got it now, thanks for all the inputs. > > -- > Kostas You can operate it, it just won't work :-) |