Viper HVAC

[2tall]

Alrighty, so I'm looking through my operators manual b/c I thought that the HVAC was acting odd. It seems that's not the case (it's supposed to have a binary tempature setting).

However, I'm a little confused. Let me know if this is the right understanding -- confirm or deny (starting with the leftmost icon).

Recirculate-A/C:
Mixes inside and outside air. Uses A/C, Cold (full cold) only.

A/C:
Outside air only. Uses A/C (duh), cold only.

Panel:
Outside air only. Doesn't use A/C, allow temp adjust???

Off:
Uh...

Floor:
Outside air through floor and defrost. Doesn't use A/C, allows temp adjust???

Floor/Defrost:
Outside air. Floor and defrost even mix. Uses A/C, allows temp adjust???

Defrost:
Outside air. Defrost only. Uses A/C. Allows temp adjust???


Many thanks!

 

[2tall]

So from left to right:

A/C-cold, A/C-cold, engine temp air - face level, off, engine temp air - foot level, A/C-adjustable, A/C adjustable.

Thx! Another mystery solved.

 

[shifter]

The recirc takes interior air only, allowing for max A/C performance. 'Panel' is like 'vent' - outside air. You can heat it up, but not make it cooler (won't trigger the compressor).

Correct about floor, hot only. Defrost allows hot and cold. Need the A/C in defrost to demist and defrost the windows.

I believe that the A/C doesn't allow much temp adjustment. Basically it blows full cold, as you can't turn on the A/C and open up the water valve at the same time to warm up the A/C air going over the heater core. I'm 90% sure about this.

Cold, warm, cold, warm, cold, warm..... not a good car for temperature sensitive people.

 

[CitySnake]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JMcGuire:

And "outside air" seems to be "outside air from inside the hot engine bay".

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JM: YOU CERTAINLY GOT THAT RIGHT!

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