Re: type 44->a6/100 CC update info(long, but worth it!)

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

Hairy green toads from Mars made Graydon D. Stuckey say:

> On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Andrew Duane USG wrote:
> > > > heads are definately NOT.  The a6/100 unit is:
> > > > -much more intelligent
> > > > -uses a second temp sensor
> > > 
> > > Our unit has 2 temp sensors, does it not? One on the top of the dash there
> > > and one next to the sunroof switch? I certainly thought that was the case.
> > 
> > Yup, both my '89 100Q and '90 90Q have two sensors: dash and roof.
> 
> Are we talking in-car temperature sensors or outside temp sensors?  The 
> 5000 has two outside air temp senspors, one at the front grill and one in 
> the plenum at the base of the windshield.  It uses one in-car sensor at 
> the middle of the dash top pad.

Both.

There are two outside sensors; the CC uses the *lower* of the two
readings to display outside temperature.

There are two inside sensors: the CC uses the *average* of the two
readings to determine inside temperature.


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