How to Air Condition a Car Without Using the Air Conditioner

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How to Cool Yourself in a Car Without Air Conditioning More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Roy Schoemaker | permalink
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When the heat is on, there are not many things more miserable than sitting in a hot car waiting for the traffic to start moving. Although there is no quick fix to dealing with the heat, some of the following suggested strategies may get...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Cool-Yourself-in-a-Car-Without-Air-Conditioning ^[1]

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Car Heating and air conditioning system explained A/C HVAC. More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by jacquelyn holland -wright | permalink
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Learn how your car's air conditioning and heating system works.
Tags: a/c, heating and air conditioning, auto repair manual, car repair, auto insurance, heat, cold air, R-134, R-12, refrigerant

For further reading: http://www.autoeducation.com/autoshop101/hvac.htm ^[2]

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Does Driving With The AC On Actually Use More Fuel? More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Philip Goodrich | permalink
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Which method of driving is more efficient; driving with your windows down and air-conditioning off or driving with your windows up and AC on? Today we find out.

For further reading: http://zidbits.com/2012/01/does-driving-with-the-ac-on-actually-use-more-fuel/ ^[3]

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Surprise: Using car's air conditioning saves gas More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Lyle Matz | permalink
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Want to save fuel on those long summer highway drives? Close the windows and turn the AC on. That's just one of the useful -- and frequently surprising -- tips available from fueleconomy.gov , the go-to web

For further reading: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/05/25/gas-savings-epa/27884285/ ^[4]

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Portable Air Conditioning More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by bryangarrison | permalink
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My car's air conditioner broke and it is incredibly expensive to repair, so I decided to improvise! This is a great way to cool down a hot car. It ...

For further reading: http://www.instructables.com/id/Portable-Air-Conditioning/ ^[5]

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Cars are more fuel efficient when driving with the window down More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by mirus | permalink
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Website Vox has taken a look at debate of air con vs rolling windows down. And they found that the latter was more fuel efficient at all speeds.
Tags: Dont,bother,air,conditioning,just,wind,window,Cars,ALWAYS,fuel,efficient,AC,switched,research,reveals

For further reading: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2639599/Dont-bother-air-conditioning-just-wind-window-Cars-ALWAYS-fuel-efficient-AC-switched-research-reveals.html ^[6]

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1. http://www.wikihow.com/Cool-Yourself-in-a-Car-Without-Air-Conditioning

2. http://www.autoeducation.com/autoshop101/hvac.htm

3. http://zidbits.com/2012/01/does-driving-with-the-ac-on-actually-use-more-fuel/

4. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/05/25/gas-savings-epa/27884285/

5. http://www.instructables.com/id/Portable-Air-Conditioning/

6. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2639599/Dont-bother-air-conditioning-just-wind-window-Cars-ALWAYS-fuel-efficient-AC-switched-research-reveals.html