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Originally Posted by Karadjas
In the Audi, I can access the fuel consumption attributable to the climate control from the driver info system, and it never exceeds 1L/hr.
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1 L/h is a lot though.
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Does anyone know if moving the dial from 4(max) to 2 actually saves anything?
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Pushing less air through the A/C means it'll also use less energy to cool that air.
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It's a van, and I just got a net to put between the cargo area and the seats and I thought about maybe attaching some clear sheet on it to separate the two areas.
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It's been done before, and it greatly reduces the volume of air that needs to be cooled. Less volume = less air = less energy.
You could even add some of those shiny gold /silver insulation blankets to the dividing wall so they keep the cold in the cabin, and reflect the heat back into the cargo area.
Use something light for the divider, like coroplast plates - it's like corrugated cardboard, but in plastic.
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I don't think the spare tyre and random stuff I haul need the a/c.
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Not really
