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A chilling discovery 900 1993

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posted by  lucid on  Fri Sep 12 01:24 CST 2003
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Haven't had working A/C in years, so this is a new toy for me. I tried an experiment yesterday, measuring the vent temp at different fan settings. The results confirmed my hunch, but still leave me with a question.

Conditions: Steady 55 mph. Ambient temp about 80F.
Fan Settings to digital temp readings:
Fan on 5 = 41.4
Fan on 4 = 38.7
Fan on 3 = 36.0

I had to stop at 3 because I was home at that point. But I've tried this before and believe it would have gotten even cooler. Guess it makes sense — the slower air has time to pick up more "coolth" in the evaporator.

The question is "what's optimum?" Fast and cool or slower and colder?
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Bruce Young,
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'80 GLE V8 (Now gone)
'83 Turbo 245
'73 142 (98K)
'71 144 (track modified--and still here)
New 144 from '67 to '78
Used '62 122 from '63 to '67






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