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croyde
Member Since: 17 Aug 2005
Location: SE England
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Is it normal for the Air Con to wait about 20 secs to start blowing after starting the car?
Just noticed this lately as it has been warm.
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 22nd Jun 2006 3:18 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
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yep, basically, the system waits until it can generate cooled air before the fan kicks in at a decent rate which effectively means that it needs to sense a temperature change in the 'flow' and 'return' pipework of the aircon
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| 22nd Jun 2006 3:21 pm |
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DG
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Croyde ...please work with me here whilst I carry out some research for the greater good of human understanding...and I'm not taking the p*ss either...but was there an anticipation that it should work much faster than this, perhaps even instantly? 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 22nd Jun 2006 3:31 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
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basically it does this to avoid the blast of super - heated air that you get from less 'intelligent' systems
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| 22nd Jun 2006 3:38 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
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... and i'm not talking about DG 
More seriously, I think this demonstrates the nervousness people have with new technology, we question the operation and function of almost everything. There are lots of threads around similar "should it do / not do this", in the past, where systems had a mechanical or electromechanical operation that was physically able to be seen, or traced, confidence was a lot higher and expectations were lower. Nowadays, we seek reassurance from people in similar situations to confirm or deny our suspicions. Of course, whatever the item under discussion and observation is, just because lots of us have the same experience doesn't make it correct, we just assume that either a) 'they should all do that' or b) 'they're all broke' the only difference being what we perceive to be the operation we want, not how it was designed to operate.
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| 22nd Jun 2006 3:38 pm |
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DG
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Oi.....I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing. 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 22nd Jun 2006 3:50 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
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are you saying that you know what you don't know 
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| 22nd Jun 2006 3:54 pm |
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DG
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I asked Croyde the question because I have a 'McDonalds' theory....basically that people are becoming accustomed to having services provided instantly and perhaps becoming irrate if this is not the case.
A bit like going into McDonalds asking for a burger and fries and within 30 seconds you are eating it....this expectation I suspect has been transfered to all aspects of life. 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 22nd Jun 2006 3:54 pm |
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DG
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10forcash wrote:are you saying that you know what you don't know
Yes ....I am Omniscient....a bit like God really .....well if I thought he existed of course ......but I don't know  21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 22nd Jun 2006 4:04 pm |
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gavmurray
Member Since: 15 Nov 2005
Location: Peterborough
Posts: 46
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I've found a way around the delay.
If the fan is in auto mode, switch to manual mode (just turn the knob) then back to auto an the fan starts at full blast. Gavin.
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| 22nd Jun 2006 4:34 pm |
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croyde
Member Since: 17 Aug 2005
Location: SE England
Posts: 459
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Wow! Man!  
I Love you all. Cosmic!
Yeah! I did think that it would blow instantly, like less intelligent systems but now I believe that I have reached a higher plane of understanding and existance.
Cool! but not for 20 secs
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| 23rd Jun 2006 8:40 am |
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bohnhead
Member Since: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Celina, TX
Posts: 21
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Turn the temperature dial all the way to the blue dots and it will come on immediately.
MTB-)
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| 24th Jun 2006 3:09 am |
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bkehoe
Member Since: 25 Feb 2006
Location: Wexford
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Hmmm, mine starts coming on as soon as I get the system checks complete bong before even starting the engine! AFAIK, I don't have the HVAC software update yet, so maybe the updated software is more intelligent? IE - 05 D3 TDV6 HSE - Zambezi Silver
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| 24th Jun 2006 10:50 am |
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