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what is the function of the sunlight sensor as it relates to the AC. Its
talks about it in the owners manual....but no reason given for it...just its
location on the dash.

Does the air work harder if it detects light or something?

Jonson wrote:
> what is the function of the sunlight sensor as it relates to the AC. Its
> talks about it in the owners manual....but no reason given for it...just its
> location on the dash.
>
> Does the air work harder if it detects light or something?
>
>

I saw a Buick that used a sensor like that for the headlights. It would
turn off the DRLs and switch on the regular headlights at dusk. I
suspect it was implemented for the blue-hair set.

Just drive with the sun turned off then.

"David Spera" <spera@stargate.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> Jonson wrote:
>
> > what is the function of the sunlight sensor as it relates to the AC.
Its
> > talks about it in the owners manual....but no reason given for it...just
its
> > location on the dash.
> >
> > Does the air work harder if it detects light or something?
>
> Sunlight causes more heat. My Chrysler Concorde has the auto ac also and
when
> the sunlight hits the sensor the fan speed increases and the air output is
> colder to keep the car interior at the temperature selected.. When the sun
is
> off the sensor the fan slows down.
>

I saw the same thing. My assumption is that the auto climate assumes
it needs to work harder to keep cool at the same temperature
differential when the sun is shining into the car.

On a related point, the same part of the manual points out that there
is a "vent" to the right of the steering wheel which the system uses
to sense interior temperature. I was surprised that there wasn't a
second one on the passenger side given the dual temperature settings.
How does that work?


On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 00:11:10 GMT, "Jonson" <Jonson@AOL.COM> wrote:

>what is the function of the sunlight sensor as it relates to the AC. Its
>talks about it in the owners manual....but no reason given for it...just its
>location on the dash.
>
>Does the air work harder if it detects light or something?
>

"Jafir Elkurd" <jafir@nospam.no.spam.hotpop.com> decided to join the
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> Just drive with the sun turned off then.

hmm. it'd be easier to just cover the windows in foil and drive like
that.

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On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 16:34:39 GMT, Chris Garcia <NcOhSrPiAsM@chrisgarcia.com>
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|"Jafir Elkurd" <jafir@nospam.no.spam.hotpop.com> decided to join the
|conversation on 05 Aug 2003 with message
|news:vj0shvji9ndk7b@corp.supernews.com:
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|> Just drive with the sun turned off then.
|
|hmm. it'd be easier to just cover the windows in foil and drive like
|that.

Don't forget the foil hat.