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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: SP_3.2 on 11 February 2008, 09:45:49

Title: Climate controls
Post by: SP_3.2 on 11 February 2008, 09:45:49

There is a setting with arrows   and a A in the middle on the factlift CC is this ok to have on all the time when the CC is on.  :question

Title: Re: Climate controls
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 11 February 2008, 09:47:08

Yes, its the auto re-circ function....

Title: Re: Climate controls
Post by: SP_3.2 on 11 February 2008, 10:18:53

Thanks Mark :y

Is this something that shoud be on all the time  :question

Title: Re: Climate controls
Post by: Kevin Wood on 11 February 2008, 10:22:45

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Is this something that shoud be on all the time

It has 3 settings:

Light off - recirculation off
Arrows lit - recirculation on
Arrows and A in middle lit - auto recirculation

You can leave it in the off or automatic settings with no problems. In the auto. mode it will switch to recirculated air whenever it detects bad air quality which can be good when you're following a smokey diesel, for example.

I wouldn't leave it with recirculation on for long periods as this causes the interior of the car to steam up and can cause drowsiness.

Kevin

Title: Re: Climate controls
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 11 February 2008, 10:22:45

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Thanks Mark :y

Is this something that shoud be on all the time  :question

It is on my car....

Title: Re: Climate controls
Post by: Kevin Wood on 11 February 2008, 12:20:01

Incidentally, while we're on this subject...

Last weekend we were driving round sunny (not!) exmoor and I was having a real job keeping the windows clear. Car was steaming up badly and nothing I did with the climate helped, until I switched recirc on, then back off again.

No change to airflow when I switched the recirc on, but when I switched off I heard the flap move, airflow sound changed and it demisted in about 20 seconds. Thereafter there were no problems at all. Clearly the recirc was active despite being turned off (no light showing).

Has anyone had this happen to them? I'm wondering if it was a glitch in the climate firmware or a problem with the actuator, or if the climate goes into recirc sometimes despite it being disabled? Seems to work 100% reliably now and I can't reproduce it so I'm tending to think it's the former. :-/

Kevin

Title: Re: Climate controls
Post by: SP_3.2 on 11 February 2008, 12:27:03

Thanks for the tips guys  :y

Title: Re: Climate controls
Post by: Mike Collins on 11 February 2008, 16:00:15

I noticed in mine that when the refrigerant was too low to enable the compressor, the A function is no longer available.

Title: Re: Climate controls
Post by: Weds on 11 February 2008, 16:07:31

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Is this something that shoud be on all the time

It has 3 settings:

Light off - recirculation off
Arrows lit - recirculation on
Arrows and A in middle lit - auto recirculation

You can leave it in the off or automatic settings with no problems. In the auto. mode it will switch to recirculated air whenever it detects bad air quality which can be good when you're following a smokey diesel, for example.

I wouldn't leave it with recirculation on for long periods as this causes the interior of the car to steam up and can cause drowsiness.

Kevin

Mine only goes from arrows to off. No A, but I can see an A but it won't light.

Title: Re: Climate controls
Post by: Kevin Wood on 11 February 2008, 16:09:48

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I noticed in mine that when the refrigerant was too low to enable the compressor, the A function is no longer available.

Interesting. mine won't go into the "A" mode if the ECO light is on, so obviously auto-recirc is only supported with the air con active (and perhaps working).

kevin

Title: Re: Climate controls
Post by: Weds on 11 February 2008, 18:58:31

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I noticed in mine that when the refrigerant was too low to enable the compressor, the A function is no longer available.

Looks like I might have to get mine checked...