Re: "Outside Temp" adjustable?

[Gerard <gerard@poboxes.com>]

> Except for the occasional glitch in the middle of the Summer when it reads
> 21F when it is really 75 thus not turning on the AC, I"ve learned to live
> wiht it rather than replacing OATs.

Are you guys telling me that the air con system is dependent on the
outside temperature sensor? Why? Surely the idea of the air con or
climate control system is that it is there for you to decide what
temperature you want? My aircon blows hot air all the time even though,
if I put it into AUTO mode, I can feel the air con system kick in
and switch off again as the car becomes "jumpy" to ride (that air con
thing takes a chunk of power). My outside temps are really way off,
but seriously, can it be the outside temp sensor that determines how
the air con or climate control works? Anybody out there who works or
(re)builds these things knows whether the system is so dependant on
that little sensor?

Thanks.

G.
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