R32 Air Con Control Panel

[mark_sudakov]

Just wanted to know if this is normal.

When ever i press the button for my windscreen to defog or not fog up, the air con switches on. I cant seem to have air blowing at the windscreen without the air con to go on as well. Even if i put the temp to 30 it still runs the air con.

Thanks

[adam-__-]

Yeah, it does this on my car as well. Having it blow cool air gets rid of the fog easier than warm air.

[mark_sudakov]

Yeah, it does this on my car as well. Having it blow cool air gets rid of the fog easier than warm air.

ye i understand but i dont like the air con on as it reduces the power of the engine . So i guess its normal then, thanks for the quick reply

[cosmokram3r]

Mine does it as well had to get used to it coz i was thinking WTF i wanted the demister not the A/C!!

[Dohmar]

ye i understand but i dont like the air con on as it reduces the power of the engine . So i guess its normal then, thanks for the quick reply

If you press the demister it'll do two things; turn aircon on, and blow it out thru the front vents. It keeps the temp to whatever is already set, so if you want you can do it manually;

Press the 'fan' button till u have enuff fan that u want, press the 'mode' button so the air redirects to the front and then adjust the heating settings as required. That should work

Reason it turns aircon on is because once the air is conditioned, the air has less moisture in it (since the car uses refrigerative aircon as opposed to evaporative) and that lack of moisture will clear the screen no matter what temp the air is.

Of course tho, you'd have to wonder what genius didn't also program the demister button function to turn the heat up. Nothing worse than airconditioning in a frosty winter morning...

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