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It doesn't have anything got to do with the speed of your car. It's a sensor that's based on force. The reason why you think the wipers are faster while you are in motion is only because the rain/water droplets hit the windscreen at a greater force so hence wipers work harder.Quote:
Originally Posted by MalGib
Happy wet driving
I agree. Interesting stuff about the A/C. My question is - does the Climate Control (auto) mode also adjust the fan speed automatically? Or simply switch off once your desired temperature is set.
I've found the auto mode usually uses a fan speed setting of "III" when I first turn it on.
Hey, my windscreen doesn't have a force sensor unlike yours.:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by accordoholic
It was on the limited edition James Bond version. Only 007 made.Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
What the heck is a force sensor?
You mean the rain sensor on teh luxury models?
yep - it adjusts timing based on intensity of the rain.Quote:
Originally Posted by EuroDude
What Malgib was talking about is a feature on the standard euro too - it explains how it works in the manual. As soon as you take your foot of the brake while stationary it wipes again and resumes the wiper setting.
LOL, nope, not the rain sensor. This:Quote:
Originally Posted by EuroDude
Haha, quote of the day I reckon. :D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by accordoholic
My standard Euro doesn't have rain sensors. So I think that the wipers just follow the intermittent speed that you set on the wiper stalk and when you stop, it goes to the slowest possible setting. You can tell because each time you lift your foot off the brakes, it wipes. So the sensor that tells it when to go to the slowest setting is the same sensor that activates the brake lights. The brake sensor!
I think the Rain Sensor on the Luxury Euro doesn't work by force (although I suspected that previously toooo).
Most of them work by optical which means usually a beam emitted is bounced back to the receiver on dry day, but if droplets form on windscreen - less signals are received so rain is detected and wipers are turned on.
When you travel faster, obviously more rain drops on windscreen are detected by rain sensor and as such wipers are faster!
Tanalasta: Yes, it does. That's the whole idea behind CC - you press 'auto', dial up your desired temp, and the system takes care of the rest. The fan usually speeds up as soon as you press auto to help bring the cabin temp to whatever you set as quickly as possible.
Re: the wipers - on the standard Euro, the intermittent mode is speed sensitive. The delay shortens when your speed exceeds 20km/h (quoted from the manual). Also, as soon as you take your foot off the brake, the wipers are triggered to sweep once. I guess they figured you'd want to be able to see when your car starts moving. :)
Concerning the windscreen defroster, when you press it, the A/C comes on, the air direction changes to "windscreen" mode, and the fan speed jumps up to setting 5 which is quite strong (cold) especially in Winter.
Is there a way to change it so the fan only jumps up to setting 2 or 3?
When activating the defroster, I need to lower the fan speed manually which is a hassle.
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Originally Posted by EuroDude
noticed that yesterday night...very cold indeed
if u want then u have to do it manually....choose mode (sh!t thing is u can only choose windscreen with FOOT vents on the mode)..