Air Con - Climate Control
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Air Con - Climate Control
Hi All,
Might be a dumb question, but in a car, what is the difference between Air Conditioning and Climate Control?
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31-07-2006, 13:24
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Re: Air Con - Climate Control
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Hi All,
Might be a dumb question, but in a car, what is the difference between Air Conditioning and Climate Control?
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Gareth,
Air Con will cool the air, but you can only select hot/cold - whereas climate control allows you to set a desired temperature and works out whether to heat or cool accordingly.
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31-07-2006, 13:24
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Re: Air Con - Climate Control
Climate Control, I beleive, controls Humidity among other things too
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31-07-2006, 13:26
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Re: Air Con - Climate Control
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Climate Control, I beleive, controls Humidity among other things too
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So does basic air con - that's how air con works.
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31-07-2006, 13:27
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Also ''climate control' adjusts the humidity of the air, as well, 'ordinary' air con can dry the air to the point it becomes uncomfortable for contact lens wearers, for example.
edit <I'll leave it, even though it is a dupe, as it answers Townys' post, as well  >
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31-07-2006, 13:27
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Gareth,
Air Con will cool the air, but you can only select hot/cold - whereas climate control allows you to set a desired temperature and works out whether to heat or cool accordingly.
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Thats what I thought, but a car I was looking at over the weekend had the option to set a temperature but then climate control was listed as an added extra.
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31-07-2006, 13:29
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Re: Air Con - Climate Control
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Thats what I thought, but a car I was looking at over the weekend had the option to set a temperature but then climate control was listed as an added extra.
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In which case the blurb-writer doesn't understand what climate control is.
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31-07-2006, 13:45
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In which case the blurb-writer doesn't understand what climate control is. |
Don't pollen filters and the ability to re-circulate air to keep fumes out figure in the equation somewhere ?
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31-07-2006, 13:58
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Don't pollen filters and the ability to re-circulate air to keep fumes out figure in the equation somewhere ?
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Possibly, but that wouldn't alter the fact that being able to set temperature is part of the climate control system, meaning it's not correct to list climate control and temperature setting as if they were separate things.
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Re: Air Con - Climate Control
I've got air conditioning on a Renault Laguna 2L and climate control on an old volvo 960. The climate control is much, much better as its much faster (helped I'm sure by the bigger engine). It also has an auto feature whereby it assumes you want to recirclulate air and use a high fan speed to start with and switches these to normal once the required temp is achieved.
Shame the volvo eats the petrol though!
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I just wind my windows down and drive fast 
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31-07-2006, 15:01
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I just wind my windows down and drive fast |
Which raises another interesting question. Which uses more fuel, driving with air con on or driving with a window down.
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Good question, my car does 55MPG or thereabouts doing distance, so I'm happy either way 
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31-07-2006, 15:07
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I just wind my windows down and drive fast |
Which raises another interesting question. Which uses more fuel, driving with air con on or driving with a window down. |
that is an interesting question, the drag from the open window would increase with speed, while I would think the air con would be less variable, although that is just thinking out loud...
- Jensen Button's failure to beat 'The Stig's' time on Top Gear last night, was blamed on him having to have the air conditioning on
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31-07-2006, 15:08
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Re: Air Con - Climate Control
Air Con,Climate control.
Doesn't one circulate the air in the car and the other circulates air from outside the car? 
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