heat???

[twenty2]

I have my heat set on AUTO when I drive. It's set at 75 degrees since it's still cold in Chicago. Anyways, why does it seem it blows warm air... then later blows cool air???? Is there something wrong?

[PARAGON]

It's the traffic sensor. If you'll notice, it blows the cool air when you get into traffic and are more likely to get road rage.

[GLBLWARMR]

Originally posted by PARAGON:
It's the traffic sensor. If you'll notice, it blows the cool air when you get into traffic and are more likely to get road rage.

Isn't that properly referred to as a mood sensor??

[MarineHawk]

Originally posted by PhilD:
Because it is keeping the cabin at 75F, sometimes it needs warming up, sometimes it needs cooling down...

Phil: You probably didn't even need to rely on your PhD education in thermodynamics to answer that question. Nevertheless is has served you well. It's a good thing that our members have such tremendous intellectual firepower so as to enable them to answer these complex science/engineering questions. Good work Phil!

[MarineHawk]

sometimes it needs warming up, sometimes it needs cooling down
I think that was one of the most lucidly succinct answers possible.

[ree]

Originally posted by PhilD:
What else can you say? http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Crappy management of hysteresis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteresis) .

Originally posted by GLBLWARMR:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PARAGON:
It's the traffic sensor. If you'll notice, it blows the cool air when you get into traffic and are more likely to get road rage.

Isn't that properly referred to as a mood sensor?? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

My wife contends that this behavior of the system is actually a road rage enhancing mood ruiner in my truck.

[KenP]

I didn't understand any of it. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

[ree]

Originally posted by KenP:
I didn't understand any of it. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif
I was shooting for one of the least lucidly succinct answers possible. Worked http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[HUMTECH]

Maybe It's got An H-3 in it's belly, having hot flashes.