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Temperature doesnt take in to account radiant heat (or lack thereof). If the sun is shining on you, and the cabin is set to 20, you'll be hot. If it's a cloudle
by SECProto 8y ago
Temperature doesnt take in to account radiant heat (or lack thereof). If the sun is shining on you, and the cabin is set to 20, you'll be hot. If it's a cloudless winter night and -20 out, setting to 20 will be frigid cold. I mean just yesterday, I had to alternate between 18 and 22 depending whether the sun was shining on me, or was behind the car shining in the rear window (curvy road)
- jfoster 8y agoGood point. I wonder if that could be detected and compensated for, though?
- brian-armstrong 8y agoAbsolutely. My brain tells me I'm hot, and my motor system activates to move my arm, which adjusts the climate controls, bringing the temperature back within tolerance. It's pretty sophisticated.
- jfoster 8y agoAlso could be done by the car's software thermostat determining how much resistance it is up against in keeping the car to a particular temperature and adjusting that way. Lots of resistance => Lots of sun hitting the vehicle => Set the temperature a bit lower.
- Fins 8y agoMy (2011) car manual claims that there is a sun sensor that is used to control climate system, so I would assume that yes, it can.