Queentener
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Most people immediately hit this button when they enter their hot car on a warm day. Many simply leave it on all the time. That’s the “Recirculate” button. It causes your ventilation system to close the outside air intakes, and simply recirculate the existing air in the car.
When people press this button, they usually hear more fan noise in the car and assume that this means their A/C system is moving more air or working harder to make it cooler. Actually just the reverse is true.
By pressing this button with the A/C on, your car is forced to cool the hotter air inside the cabin, instead of recirculating and cooling outside fresh air. This increases the time it takes to cool off the interior of the car.
It also doesn’t help push out the stale hot air using the flow-through ventilation system.
You only activate this switch once the car is initially cooled off. Not immediately when entering a warm vehicle. Have you been using it in the wrong way?
When people press this button, they usually hear more fan noise in the car and assume that this means their A/C system is moving more air or working harder to make it cooler. Actually just the reverse is true.
By pressing this button with the A/C on, your car is forced to cool the hotter air inside the cabin, instead of recirculating and cooling outside fresh air. This increases the time it takes to cool off the interior of the car.
It also doesn’t help push out the stale hot air using the flow-through ventilation system.
You only activate this switch once the car is initially cooled off. Not immediately when entering a warm vehicle. Have you been using it in the wrong way?
