Air Con Econ

[mikeonb4c]

I wonder if the owners manual says anything about it - anyone got one handy?

Mike....buy your own manual you tight fisted sod......

All the manual says that if you press the button twice you will select A/C ECON for economical air conditioner use.... ...no explanation how it is economical but I am sure that the answer is not far away on this forum......

I've got one, but not with me right now

[alant54]

Ok Mike you are forgiven... ...but while religeous people always carry a Bible....I thought that Bongo people always carried their own Bible...( the manual )..... ....because as far as I know the only people that know everything are teenagers......

This is me speaking from experience....

Alan

[gasace]

I have been trying the air con over the weekend. When in "econ" mode the air cools then after a time I noticed it had begun to get warmer, as soon as I noticed this it started cooling again. So I assume when in "econ" mode the compressor is switched off for a time to save fuel. I only noticed this because I was looking for it, so I will use this mode from now on

[MAZABON]

yep , same here

definateley reduced cycling of the compressor, still works well but in full blown summer 30+deg ?, probably wouldnt cut it so ill switch back to normal full aircon.

but for now "econ" it is then ! and 50MPG yeah right !!

[Cosmic Bus]

Now this is a question I haven't got round to asking but have always wondered. A search didn't really bring anything up last time I checked either.

Seems goos answers to me, so will use ECON from now on.

Not wanting to hijack, atm my problem is Aircon leaks when on one part of the drive and not another. Gives out cold air, but i can't see any movement in the sight glass anymore. I must get pipe prices priced up soon.

[Bin Bongoed]

I do wonder what the difference between econ mode and standard mode represents in mpg, and also what the effect of using normal a/c is on mpg. A friend suggest about 5mpg, which seems high to me.