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over_clox@lemmy.world 23 hours agoI think you got the right idea, just backwards…
Assuming your heater, air conditioner, and blower motor all work correctly, you should use your heater defroster in cold weather, and your air conditioner defogger in warm weather.
Note the difference in environmental control terms…
- DEFROSTER > Used for cold climate, heater, to melt the frost off your windshield.
- DEFOGGER > Used for warm humid climate, air conditioner, to dehumidify the air.
Failing either heater or air conditioner, welp, just do what we do and roll the windows down.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 23 hours ago
Both of those settings turn on the A/C to remove moisture.
over_clox@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Yeah… no… that’s only the newer generation of vehicles, the enshittified ones that assume everything for you.
Back in the 90’s and 2000’s, the engineers had common sense and if the temperature dial was set anywhere above 50%, the air conditioner would never turn on, as it’s a waste of energy at that point.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Uhhh my 96 civic had an air conditioner button, and it also turned on when you turned the defroster on.
You’re making shit up, it’s a simple interconnection.
over_clox@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Does absolutely nobody understand the difference between FOG vs FROST?
The deFROSTer is meant to gently melt snow and ice FROST off your windshield using the heater. Kinda fucking counterintuitive to blow freezing air at a frozen windshield, the FROST will never thaw that way.
The deFOGger is meant to dry the humidity off your windshield on a hot humid day, that uses the air conditioner on hot humid days.
Two different systems, for two different climates. deFOGger vs deFROSTer are two completely different modes of the climate controls.
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
My 78 Chrysler was designed to use the AC in defrost mode even in a winter blizzard and was much more effective and drying the windshield because of it. Most heating/cooling system in cars were combined much earlier than that to take advantage of dehumidifying the air. It also has the benefit to run the compressor to keep lubrication and stop seals from drying out in the AC system that would otherwise not be used to months at a time.
There are some vehicles with separate heating and AC systems, (mainly cheap or aftermarket units) but the vast majority run together. (At least in North American cars.)
over_clox@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
deFROST != deFOG
I’m starting to gather that most people don’t have any clue how to properly use their environmental controls.
Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
My 2015 vehicle does it that way, so it’s not exactly a recent change in design philosophy…
over_clox@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
I said 90’s through 2000’s, I said nothing about 2010’s or beyond.
I do not have much of any experience in working on anything past 2005.
Anything past 2014 is what I call new generation enshittified, as that’s around the year they basically started tracking everyone, refusing to offer printed service manuals (Hayne’s/Chilton), stop offering parts and requiring ‘owners’ to take the vehicle back to the dealership for repair.
I’m all about the right to repair. Your 2015 is a new generation enshittified thing, sorry.