Re: "Outside Temp" adjustable?

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Gerard van Vught say:

> > 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?

Yup.

The compressor won't run under 38 degrees F so it doesn't ice up.
This has been a problem with my recent fogging, since I can't turn
on the A/C during my morning commute.

The (slightly) good news is that there are two sensors; the reading
takes the lower of the two.

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Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)			duane@zk3.dec.com
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