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my car consumes gas when I start the blower without A/C??
I have a question... when I'm ridding in my car, sometimes I start the blower to circle the air in the interior, I don't start the A/C, only the air circling... does it consumes gas ???? or just energy??
I've got to this point, because when you turn off the car, the blower motor keeps working with the battery only, I don't know for how long, but it does. I have a Ford Ranger 1999 (pick up) 2.5L motor.
I've got to this point, because when you turn off the car, the blower motor keeps working with the battery only, I don't know for how long, but it does. I have a Ford Ranger 1999 (pick up) 2.5L motor.
| ronald.helpdesk wrote: |
| does it consumes gas ???? or just energy?? |
In a gas powered car, gas and energy are the same thing.
Your A/C uses gas because of the increased load on the engine. This increased load comes mainly from the engine having to run the A/C compressor, and when you are just using the blower motor without A/C, the compressor is not running, so you are saving most of the gas used by the A/C.
There still is a small (probably negligible) amount of gas used by the blower motor:
The blower motor uses electricity from the battery, which discharges the battery.
The battery is then recharged by the alternator on the engine which uses gas.
The alternator is always running, though, and is always providing a lot of electricity. Compared to the rest of your car's needs, the blower motor does not require much electricity, and does not add much to the alternator load.
In conclusion, yes it does use a little gas, but less gas than running the full A/C does. Your headlights or radio probably use just as much gas.
thanks... I like it when somebody who know of what he's talking about answers a thing with fundaments...
that's the kind of answer one needs....
that's the kind of answer one needs....
Cars don't use gas, they use petrol.
Must be a damn Yank, ha ha
Must be a damn Yank, ha ha
| paul_indo wrote: |
| Cars don't use gas, they use petrol.
Must be a damn Yank, ha ha |
+1!!!!!
Everything that your car does uses petrol, after all you don't plug it in to charge it over night do you? But that reminds me, how come when the engine is not running and you turn the ignition on and then turn the A/C on why is it still cold if the compressor isn't running? Is it just leftover coolness from when it was running?
It could be left over cooling if the AC had been running not long before but even without AC a fan will provide a cooling effect.
Think of the ceiling fans and other fans used in houses and buildings. Much of the cooling effect is due to the evaporation process which increases when the air moves over your skin rather than being just static therefore you feel cooler because the evaporation uses heat from your skin.
Think of the ceiling fans and other fans used in houses and buildings. Much of the cooling effect is due to the evaporation process which increases when the air moves over your skin rather than being just static therefore you feel cooler because the evaporation uses heat from your skin.
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+1!!!!! |
The two different definitions of damn yank are annoying. To you, it is an American, but to any southerner it is somebody who lives (or came from) a state that fought on the Union side of the civil war...
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Everything that your car does uses petrol, after all you don't plug it in to charge it over night do you? But that reminds me, how come when the engine is not running and you turn the ignition on and then turn the A/C on why is it still cold if the compressor isn't running? Is it just leftover coolness from when it was running? |
Possibly, either that, or it is drawing in cold air from somewhere. (depends on weather the car was recently running or not) A look under the hood should show you weather or not the compressor is running quite easily (if you know where and what it is).
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