Steamed up glass!

[johnsco]

With the air-con on "recirculate", the same air is repeatedly passed over the air con heat exchanger which is much colder than the air.
Condensation forms of the heat exchanger and drips into the drain below it.
The air is progressively dried.
It is particularly useful in summer in hot and humid conditions, when a good A/C system set to recirculate and a cold setting, will quickly dehumidify the cabin as well as cool it.

 

[W1ghty]

Is putting on recirculate the best method!? I thought it was the opposite to clear condensation?

Carpets are dry and I have properly cleaned the scuttle tray today which did have some muck/sludge in but not enough to stop water draining away.

Where can I buy these Ferocious cabin filters as I can only see Carbon ones or paper ones?

Eurocarparts are where I got my last couple

 

[alabbasi]

Your a/c will dry the air quickly. There's not much else you can do this time of year if you park your car outside.

 

[Phil1968]

The only time you need to use "recirc" is if you want the AC to get the temperature down quicker from the start in the Summer (or to warm the interior up quicker in Winter), or to stop unwanted fumes / smells from coming into the cabin. The windows should not mist up in Winter in normal operation with the AC on (recirc not enabled). Leaving the HVAC in "Auto" will take care of all that anyway, all you need do is set the required temperature. I'm an aircon engineer by trade btw. I'd get the aircon refrigerant charge checked & also the pollen filter checked as the others have suggested.

 

[alabbasi]

. I'm an aircon engineer by trade btw.

and just like that, everyone just stopped listening

 

[Phil1968]

and just like that, everyone just stopped listening

eh?

 

[AntMB]

and just like that, everyone just stopped listening

 

[Phil1968]

 

[johnsco]

I agree with Phil1968 in respect of "getting the aircon refrigerant charge checked & also the pollen filter checked".
BUT
Don't discount the additional benefit for rapid cabin dehumidification of using recirculation.
That's how home dehumidifiers work .... By recirculating the air in your room .... the moisture condenses out on the heat exchanger and drips into the drip tray or goes out thru the drain.

 

[sgregory124]

Also worth mentioning here that the car will mist up, if the outside temperature is below 5 degrees, as the compressor won't function below that. To what extent, I suppose depends on the humidity already present in the cabin at the time.

 

[AntMB]

Windows will mist up even above 5 degrees, when parked at a beauty spot with a lady.

 

[Deleted member 159894]

Windows will mist up even above 5 degrees, when parked at a beauty spot with a lady.

Or by a previous poster all alone apparently!!

 

[johnsco]

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With deepest thanks to Tina Turner.
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[Deleted member 159894]

As teens we would walk along the seafront between pub and nightclub, how we laughed when bouncing the cars with steamed up windows until the back wheels were leaving the ground.

The only thing funnier was when an angry bloke would try chasing us with his jeans around his ankles.

Happy days.

 

[johnsco]

As teens we would walk along the seafront between pub and nightclub, how we laughed when bouncing the cars with steamed up windows until the back wheels were leaving the ground.

SO ... It was you was it ??
You B****** !!!