Keeping Your Car Cool

Keeping cool is really hard these days, especially now that climate change has been greatly affecting the world’s temperature.  One day, it’s extremely hot, and you’ll just be surprised that the next day, you cannot live without your cloak due to extreme cold.  Enough reason to panic, isn’t it? 

Though it’s already a common knowledge that the weather is unpredictable, we don’t expect it to be as extremely unpredictable as now.  According to Wikipedia, these weather disturbances are just some of the effects of global warming.  To add, Earth Policy Institute projected the earth’s temperature to rise from 1.4 to 5.8° Celsius by 2100.   But regardless whether the temperature is extremely high or low, expect your head to flare up when you find your car inconvenient to use due to a poor air conditioning system. 

In situations like these, it would be best if you apply some cooling techniques like what your car radiator employs.  In AutoChannel yesterday, the Mobile Air Conditioning Society (MACS) shared some guidelines to follow in order to achieve an immediate interior cool-down.

First, MACS advised car owners to leave their car windows down slightly on hot sunny days since temperature in a closed car can go beyond 140 degrees.  By keeping the interior cool, the easier it gets for the air conditioning system to function well.  Another technique is by rolling all your car windows completely down or by keeping its door open for a short time.  MACS said that this allows fast release of hot interior air.

In addition, it is also suggested that you set your air conditioning unit’s control to either “MAX” or REC, the moment you turn it on.  According to MACS, through this, large volume of air is moved.  Aside from achieving faster cool-down, it also puts off warm air that might enter your car.  Switching the system to “NORM” or “OUTSIDE” then choosing a lower fan speed later on also draw colder air from your air conditioning unit.

Finally, MACS asserted that interior temperature can also be reduced by applying window tint.

According to Wikipedia, the airconditioning concept was first used in Ancient Rome.  In those times, aqueduct water circulated through the walls of certain houses was utilized to provide the desired cooling effect.  Meanwhile, cisterns and wind towers served as air conditioning units in medieval Persia.  It was during the 19th century that the first large-scale electrical air conditioning was discovered and used by American engineer and inventor Willis Haviland Carrier.