Climate 'auto' setting

[HarryM1BYT]

Originally Posted by Supervinnie40

Driving home yesterday, I was driving bare foot (my shoes where dirty).
Normally the temperasture is set to 22c. But since my jacket was a bit wet the windows got foggy, so I set the temp to 16c and the AC to auto. Hoping to cool down the air and dehumidify.

However, the air stayed fairly warm. It wasn't 22c, but it surely wasn't 16c either.
Could it be that my AC isn't working properly?

I just did the test with holding the two buttons, and I didn't get an error.

Lift the bonnet, move both temperature settings down to minimum (low) start the engine and feels the ac pipes, the large and small alloy pipes which run by the left hand side of the engine, as you face the engine. One should be hot, the other cold.

Or as above, but point an IR temperature gauge at the two centre vents in the cabin. It should read a temperature much lower than the ambient temperature.

[Goodtimegaz]

40 or so posts about the climate control system, maybe, just maybe it's a little over complicated

[HarryM1BYT]

Originally Posted by SD1too

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Originally Posted by HarryM1BYT
I agree, that is my one concern about leaving it on auto - the (maybe) constant running of the fan.

No "maybe" about it; it does run all the time. People who permanently leave the system in 'auto' shorten the life of the motor brushes and the silver resistor (if fitted).
Simon

In that case, it might be worth finding some way to inhibit it, when the cooling fan is not needed/ when the car is in motion.

Ideas please, for an easy way to implement that, but which still allows the fan to work normally for cooling system needs?

Thermal switch attached to the ac radiator at the front.

Vane type switch, to detect the cars motion.