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Dummies guide to using Air-Con?

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  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    shortdog wrote: »
    Dummies guide to using Air-Con?

    Simple...........

    Set it to 21°C, turn it onto AUTO and never (NEVER) touch it again.

    Turning it up to 30 will not heat the air faster, turning it down to 10 will not cool the air faster. Just set it and forget it......
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  • AdrianC
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    Strider590 wrote: »
    Simple...........

    Set it to 21°C, turn it onto AUTO and never (NEVER) touch it again.

    Turning it up to 30 will not heat the air faster, turning it down to 10 will not cool the air faster. Just set it and forget it......

    I think somebody's getting confused between climate control and aircon.
  • almillar
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    Air-con - hot-cold, A/C button
    Climate control - includes air con, but lets you just select a temperature, and sorts it out for you.
  • daveyjp
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    If you have aircon. Switch it on, leave it on and adjust temperature using the dial.
  • Richard53
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    Gloomendoom wrote: »
    I think Richard53 was referring to warming it up using a fan heater, not by leaving it with the engine running.

    I use a fan heater to warm the car through in the morning but I set it up the night before and turn it on from inside the house in the morning when I get up. Despite living in a village with a negligible crime rate, I always leave the car locked overnight... with the motion sensors turned off.

    Yes, that's what I meant. Heater is set up the night before, with the cable passing through the easiest point of the door seal. Car is locked and keys indoors.

    (Here's the crime rate in our area: we had two weeks in France and came back home. Neither of us could find the front door key. After a panicky search, we found it ... in the front door lock.)
    shortdog wrote: »
    Thinking about it, I had a little heater thing that ran off the 12V point in one of my old cars, and it was fab for warming the inside of the car - I'm sure it's still kicking about somewhere, I'll have to hunt for it.

    If you run a 12V heater, you will need to leave the engine running for certain. Those things can run a car battery down very quickly. Ask me how I know :)
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