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A fairly simple way to reduce the interior temperature of a vehicle is to thermostatically control the climate control fan to run in a reverse direction and pull the hot air out through what is normally the inlet duct. The object is only to reduce the temperature and not to create a habitable environment.
Summertime Parked-Car Fan
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Sounds a lot like this idea. [supercat, Jul 21 2005]
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I don't think this would work somehow. If someone with more experience in the area can show otherwise, I'll happily retract my fishbone because it is an admirable motive. |
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do you think this would work, ingen? |
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So you are sucking out hot air via the fan system and letting the cooler outside air seep in via the gaps in the bodywork. Normally (in a non air-con vehicle) you would blow cooler air in via the fan system and let the hot air seep out via the gaps in the bodywork. I'm not sure I see the difference. |
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I have a request: please change the title to something more descriptive. |
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<later> Nevermind, I did it myself. |
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Hmm... is this any relation to the "Summertime Parked-Car Fan"? |
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/climate control fan to run in a reverse direction / |
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Said fan is centrifugal, therefore running it in reverse will result in it still blowing (rather than sucking), albeit much less efficiently due to the volute shape. |
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Overcome this, and it's still a lack lustre idea. |
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