Fuel consumption when air con on - Page 2

HarryM1BYT · 11th July 2013, 10:37

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Originally Posted by Singvogel

Another vote for leaving it on auto - I never switch it off.

Some good folks need reminding that it is air-conditioning or if you want to sound up-market climate -control.

It is not just an air -cooler for warm/hot days.

Demisting windows, drying the air are all uses which have nothing to do with the outside temperature. I very rarely need to switch on the heated screen.

As for opening a window - I never thought of that.

In April and May this year I was in South Croatia with the temperature in the mid 30s - the system copes brilliantly with puddles of condensed water forming under the car every time you stop in traffic. Inside we were at a pleasant 22 degrees.

These are luxury cars - so why not pamper yourself and use the air-con.

Not using it would be like having a dish-washer and still wash dishes by hand.

I just leave mine on all the time, but I'm a bit of a fresh air fiend - I like the windows open, so when the CC is working overtime with the windows open, I switch to Econ.

I put a dishwasher in for SWMBO years ago, but she still continued to do the dishes by hand, because with so few, she said it wasn't worth turning it on

Our boiler died last week, so until I sort it, we have no hot water, suddenly the dishwasher has started to get used, because she finds it easier than boiling a kettle for hot water.

I'm not rushing to fix the boiler - we have an electric shower, the weather is warm and the water is still coming out of the hot tap tepid from the cylinder. She doesn't know it, but we have an immersion heater in the tank, for a backup to the boiler :-)

Looking for either a mains transformer for the control PCB, or a complete replacement PCB, or even a scrap PCB with a good transformer on it - for an Ideal Icos HE18, should anyone have one.

macafee2 · 11th July 2013, 18:58

the air con does not make much difference I'm left with a leak I guess. As I say I could almost watch the fuel gauge dropping. I did let the car run when I got home but could not see any leak. ho hum

macafee2

ChestersDad · 11th July 2013, 19:31

On a Bentley one can't turn the AC off

11th July 2013, 19:31	#13
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11th July 2013, 18:58	#12
macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 15,008 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	the air con does not make much difference I'm left with a leak I guess. As I say I could almost watch the fuel gauge dropping. I did let the car run when I got home but could not see any leak. ho hum macafee2