With the arrival of heat is when they occur most holiday exits from large central cities, to the coastal periphery in order to avoid extreme temperatures and isolate in beach areas where the temperature is more temperate.
However, on the way, Extreme heat causes drivers to take action such as lighting the air conditioning or lowering the car windows. However, many do not know which options are greater fuel consumption.
What consumes the most, air conditioning or windows down?
One of the most recognized mechanics in social networks known as @TalleRenbenezer Explain which of these two options saves more fuel, although lighting the air conditioning, or lowering the car windows.
First explain that “It is true that the compressor is moving by a belt and the engine moves, therefore, the engine is carrying energy. You have to supply power to supply the air conditioning compressor. But it is also true that lowering the windows retains the air Therefore the vehicle slows down when we go to high speeds or wind against.
In both situations we will have greater fuel consumption. But Each of them will benefit you more in one situation than in another. So, “If we are going to make a long trip, we upload the windows and put the air conditioning“In this way,” we are removing a lot of retention to the vehicle. “
Failing that, “For city or low speeds we lower the window For that air that retains, as is less than the consumption that is having for the air conditioning, especially in the cities with little wind so we have to lower it. “
How to cool a car quickly?
Although air conditioning is usually the rapid solution, There is a very effective trick, of Japanese originwhich allows to refresh the cabin in just seconds without spending fuel or additional energy.
This method, which has gone viral in the last summers, is as simple as effective. It consists of quickly opening and closing one of the front doors of the car between three and five times, while the opposite window is fully lowered. This creates an air flow that expels accumulated hot air and allows the outer air, cooler, between quickly.
The technique was explained by the Japanese engineer Kenji Tanakawhere he explained that The system takes advantage of the pressure change generated by the movement of the doors. Solar radiation heats the inside of the car, creating a greenhouse effect. When moving the doors, an air renewal is forced, allowing the accumulated heat to leave the cabin.
Although it may seem rudimentary, various essays have shown that This action can reduce the interior temperature of the vehicle in less than a minutewhich is key to improving comfort before starting driving or turning on the air conditioner.