I’ve noticed in colder months when the temperature is low like 8 degrees, the car AC still feels cold even though i’m technically heating the car by setting the temp higher than the ambient temp e.g. setting the car to 20 degrees but the air coming out still feels ‘cold’.
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You’re not warming the car.
In modern car climate control systems the temperature setting is a goal for the air temperature inside of the car, not the temperature of air that its blowing out.
Most systems have two settings – AC on and AC off. If you set the AC to on, it runs the air-conditioning compressor, cooling any air that is coming out of the vents.
If you set the AC to off, then the air is blown through a heat exchanger inside the engine, which heats the air up before it comes out of the vents.
If you’ve set the AC to on but your target temperature is higher than the interior temperature, most systems will just blow air through the AC compressor at the lowest possible fan speed. Some smarter systems will turn the AC compressor off, though all you’re getting at that point is outside temperature air.
If you want to actually heat your car then you need to turn the climate control on and the AC off.
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