AC vs. Windows

[calimus at techography.net (Calimus)]

Ahh, a swamp cooler.  It's amazing that those work as well as they do, so
long as you remember to put water in them.  A few of the local air cooled
guys use them, as as odd as it looks, they do work.

William
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric S" <scirocco@vintagewatercooleds.com>
To: "Allyn" <amalventano1@tds.net>
Cc: "Scirocco email List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: AC vs. Windows


>
> Bah, A/C is stupid.
>
> Saw this (the recent pic of Yarrows car reminded me, he used it on his mk1
> with great results) and have decided to get one:
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/dic/pix/swampcooler2.jpg
>
> I know it looks funky, but if it works, nice and easy to install only when
> needed.
>
> -- 
> Eric
> www.vintagewatercooleds.com
>
> 1981 Scirocco S (TDI swap project)
> 1988 Audi 90 Quattro
> 1990 Corrado TDI
> 1991 Cabriolet (2.0 crossflow 8v project)
>
> Allyn said:
> >> Just watched Mythbusters.  Although the computer told them that AC was
> >> more economical than running with windows down, when they did the
> >> test, the results were the other way.   Two vehicles, each with 5
> >> gallons of gas.  Running around a track at same time at 45mph.  One
> >> windows up, AC on full; other windows down, no AC.  AC car ran out of
> >> gas first.
> >>
> >> So, in retrospect, I've been saving gas all these years.
> >
> > i watched that episode, and i wasnt impressed at all. any real scientist
> > must have been laughing out loud watching that show. in the computer
> > tests,
> > they used the same vehicle for both tests, which were done very close
with
> > no interruption. this was good, though there were a few variables
present
> > (warm-up enrichment, etc). in the second test, they brought in a
> > completely
> > seperate car, which adds a completely new variable to the test. to
verify
> > those results, they should have at least redid the test - swapping which
> > vehicle ran a/c / windows down. i'd bet the same one runs out of gas
> > first.
> > the second test being run at 45 vs. 55 further complicates things. it
> > could
> > be possible for the windows to outweigh the a/c only at >= 55 mph.
> >
> > Al
> >
> >
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