Auto climate controls

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.kettering.edu>]

On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Ti Kan wrote:

> You guys are unduly harsh on the system's design.  I have it in my A4q

Indeed...

> and I rather like it.  Sure, it could be smarter about when to run
> the A/C compressor, but there is always that snowflake button that

See my previous post on this matter.  Don't second guess the engineers.  
They know what they're doing usually.

> the temperature and it does the rest.  It gives you enough manual
> overrides to make it as adjustable as a manual system.  I don't see why
> a fully manual system would actually be easier to use.

It would not be easier to use.  Even a poorly calibrated auto system is 
much better than a manual system.

> This is in stark contrast to the GM climate control system that's found
> in my 5KT.  Now *that* is a real piece of cr*p.  No arguments.

That was Delco BTW, and that was a loooong time ago.  In that day, it was 
state-of-the-art.  When the '86 vintage HVAC system is running as 
designed, it works very well.  I find it controls temperature very well, 
and it is reasonably quiet with more than adequate airflow.  Its only 
when the system breaks down that it fails to control temperature.

Later,
Graydon D. Stuckey

"There's alot more to Jazz than just wrong notes"