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Originally Posted by S Keith
The bolded portion is about 99% wrong. The A/C compressor is strictly pulley driven. It has no electric motor like the 2006-2011 Civic Hybrids. You will get lower mileage because you are using the gas engine more, but it doesn't use the battery more to any significant degree.
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I 100% disagree. Not about the pulley-driven thing, but about the IMA use. Using your HCH1 with the A/C will flog your battery hard. It's almost impossible to keep the damn thing from assisting without A/C, with it on it's hard to keep it even from forced background charging.
As for keeping it cooler... you can always pull a Mike Dabrowski and run a duct from your rear A/C footwell outlet(s) directly to the IMA fan intake:
http://99mpg.com/mikestips/insightbatterypack/
Pictured is a gen1 insight, but you get the general idea.