jkyu99
Well-known member
I have read all the threads (whew!) but cannot find anyone with quite the thing I was looking for.
I wanted to use the AUTO mode to control the heater, flow modes, and fan, but I did not want the A/C to be on.
We all know that when you are in AUTO and push the AC off, the AUTO turns off. BUT here is the key combination that worked around that problem.
1. Push AUTO on
2. Push Defroster on (AUTO stays lit)
3. Push AC Off (AUTO turns off)
4. Push Defroster off (AUTO turns on, But AC does NOT turn on)
This leaves the AUTO button turned on with heater, flow, and fan functions only.
(illogical, but true. Some might call it a bug, but I think of it as an Easter Egg).
Now the Heater turns on and off automatically (confirmed using Energy status screen) and
. . . the fan speed turns up and down automatically and
. . . . . . the dash versus floor flow mode works automatically.
When the interior is cold, the heater turns on and fan goes up. When the interior gets too hot, the heater turns off and fan goes to lowest setting. Since the outside is cold and the fresh air button is lit, the interior slowly cools down. Then the heater kicks back on. (still seems weird I cannot use recirculate in auto mode.)
Put the thermostat to 90 and the heater cranks up with fan setting ramping up from 1 to 4 very quickly and switches to floor flow.
Crank the thermostat to 60 and the heater turns off and the fan ramps back down to 1 very quickly and it switches to dash flow.
So, now I have the thermostat set at 72 and just use the climate control on/off button to turn the AUTO heater-only mode on/off.
(yes, it remembers the AUTO heater without AC mode when I turn the climate control on and off and then on again).
If someone forgets and touches the AUTO button and turns the AC mode on again, no problem. Hit Defrost/AC/Defrost sequence again and we are back in AUTO Heater-only mode once more.
Jerry
I wanted to use the AUTO mode to control the heater, flow modes, and fan, but I did not want the A/C to be on.
We all know that when you are in AUTO and push the AC off, the AUTO turns off. BUT here is the key combination that worked around that problem.
1. Push AUTO on
2. Push Defroster on (AUTO stays lit)
3. Push AC Off (AUTO turns off)
4. Push Defroster off (AUTO turns on, But AC does NOT turn on)
This leaves the AUTO button turned on with heater, flow, and fan functions only.
(illogical, but true. Some might call it a bug, but I think of it as an Easter Egg).
Now the Heater turns on and off automatically (confirmed using Energy status screen) and
. . . the fan speed turns up and down automatically and
. . . . . . the dash versus floor flow mode works automatically.
When the interior is cold, the heater turns on and fan goes up. When the interior gets too hot, the heater turns off and fan goes to lowest setting. Since the outside is cold and the fresh air button is lit, the interior slowly cools down. Then the heater kicks back on. (still seems weird I cannot use recirculate in auto mode.)
Put the thermostat to 90 and the heater cranks up with fan setting ramping up from 1 to 4 very quickly and switches to floor flow.
Crank the thermostat to 60 and the heater turns off and the fan ramps back down to 1 very quickly and it switches to dash flow.
So, now I have the thermostat set at 72 and just use the climate control on/off button to turn the AUTO heater-only mode on/off.
(yes, it remembers the AUTO heater without AC mode when I turn the climate control on and off and then on again).
If someone forgets and touches the AUTO button and turns the AC mode on again, no problem. Hit Defrost/AC/Defrost sequence again and we are back in AUTO Heater-only mode once more.
Jerry