Works just fine, I was down in Tennessee for a convention over the weekend and spend a good part of friday in a 2003 Prius, the AC worked just fine when running in electric mode (Thankfully)
-Adam Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Jul 27, 2006, at 1:21 PM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > > >>What happens to the air-con when stuck in traffic? > > > I'm wondering that myself. > > I was over at the dealership the other evening when the first one > came in for me (a long story ...) looking it over. > > Since it was nearly 110 degrees F, we were sitting in the car with > the power on, AC on. Blowers going, the car cooled down very quickly > to a comfortable temperature and the AC kept things nice on its Auto > setting. The drive batteries were relatively depleted. We were there > going through all the gizmos on the fancy display for about an hour. > About every ten minutes, the engine would start and run for two > minutes, then shut down again. > > I conjecture that the AC compressor is driven by the auxiliary drive/ > generating motor. Since it consumes a lot less energy to drive just > the compressor, even a low charge in the drive batteries is enough to > keep the AC up nicely. Once the drive batteries fall below a certain > charge threshold, the gas engine turns on to charge it up. (That same > drive/generating motor also operates as the engine starter ... and > there is no gas engine powered reverse gear, reverse is all done > electrically.) > > It is a fascinating car, something that I'll have a grand time > studying. Mine (the second one) should be delivered August 5-10. > Can't wait! > > Godfrey > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
