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| Philip Lewis 2005-07-24, 9:05 pm |
| Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> writes:
>Also, even with modern components, one thing you want to do in the
>winter is to get rid of the fog on the inside of the windows. The A/C
>does an admirable job of reducing that humidity.
you know, it makes me mad though... if I want the defroster to only
blow air (hot or cold) I want to be able to do so.
My 2003(?) saturn vue automatically puts on the compressor when the
defrost is going. My old saturn (1994?) did not.
grrrr. I'm tempted to rewire the blasted thing.
That and rather than putting circuitry to beep at you when your lights
are on and the car is off... just put the lights on an ignition based
relay dag nabbit! (or perhaps a delay off timer)
(sorry... just venting, no pun intended)
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| Dave Hinz 2005-07-24, 9:05 pm |
| On 22 Jul 2005 08:03:26 -0400, Philip Lewis <flip+spiced_ham@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> writes:
> you know, it makes me mad though... if I want the defroster to only
> blow air (hot or cold) I want to be able to do so.
> My 2003(?) saturn vue automatically puts on the compressor when the
> defrost is going. My old saturn (1994?) did not.
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> grrrr. I'm tempted to rewire the blasted thing.
Why? It makes the defroster defrost better. I suppose if it bothers
you that much, you could pull the A/C's fuse for the winter.
> That and rather than putting circuitry to beep at you when your lights
> are on and the car is off... just put the lights on an ignition based
> relay dag nabbit! (or perhaps a delay off timer)
Yeah, that's always been a stupid use of technology. Just switch 'em
off with the key, FFS, people. Don't put in boxes that go "bing".
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| Philip Lewis 2005-07-24, 9:05 pm |
| Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> writes:
>On 22 Jul 2005 08:03:26 -0400, Philip Lewis <flip+spiced_ham@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>Why? It makes the defroster defrost better.
no, it doesn't "defrost" better. it will defog the inside of the
window better, but straight heat will defrost. (I don't *think* it's
hotter with the AC on... although the engine doing more work might
heat it up faster. ;)
In any case, sometimes plain air is fine... I don't want to have to
adjust the temp or run my windshield wipers if all i want to do is
blow some air across the window.
>I suppose if it bothers you that much, you could pull the
>A/C's fuse for the winter.
more a pain... what i want to be able to do is push the AC button when
i want to condition the air.... like my old car did. 
>Just switch 'em off with the key, FFS, people.
heh, ffs is a new one one me... if it means what the google search
returned.
I've wondered how much it would take to switch that circuit to a
ignition based circuit on several of my vehicles.... but yes.. just
turn them off when the engine is off. (I would leave them on for the
"ACC" state of the switch.)
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| Dave Hinz 2005-07-24, 9:05 pm |
| On 22 Jul 2005 12:00:20 -0400, Philip Lewis <flip+spiced_ham@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> writes:
> no, it doesn't "defrost" better. it will defog the inside of the
> window better, but straight heat will defrost. (I don't *think* it's
> hotter with the AC on... although the engine doing more work might
> heat it up faster. ;)
OK, defog then. Point remains.
> In any case, sometimes plain air is fine... I don't want to have to
> adjust the temp or run my windshield wipers if all i want to do is
> blow some air across the window.
I like how my older Saabs did it - you want heat? Turn the heater core
valve knob to heat. You want A/C? Push the A/C button. Want 'em both?
Do both things. Complete control.
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> more a pain... what i want to be able to do is push the AC button when
> i want to condition the air.... like my old car did.
There ya go.
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> heh, ffs is a new one one me... if it means what the google search
> returned.
If your search was: ffs acronym - then, yes.
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