<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div>Marc,</div><div>are you driving a fiat bambina?</div><div>I saw 4hp quoted in a few places but this is from a Wiki article on air conditioners.</div><div><br><h4 class="in-block" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.3; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; display: table;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Automobile_power_consumption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: middle; background-image: none; display: table-cell; width: 604px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Automobile power consumption</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: middle; background-image: none; display: table-cell;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Air_conditioning&action=edit§ion=33" title="Edit section: Automobile power consumption" data-section="33" class="mw-ui-icon mw-ui-icon-element mw-ui-icon-edit-enabled edit-page" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; text-decoration: none; position: relative; min-height: 1.5em; min-width: 3.5em; text-indent: -999px; overflow: hidden; width: 3.5em; max-width: 3.5em; display: inline-block; visibility: visible; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Edit</font></a></span></h4><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In an automobile, the A/C system will use around 4 <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower" title="Horsepower" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; text-decoration: none;">horsepower</a> (3 kW) of the engine's <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(physics)" title="Power (physics)" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; text-decoration: none;">power</a>, thus increasing fuel consumption of the vehicle.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1; background-image: none; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_conditioner#cite_note-53" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; text-decoration: none;">[53]</a></sup></span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Alan</span></p><div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><div><br>On 14/08/2017, at 10:18 PM, Marc de Piolenc via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>On 8/14/2017 3:08 PM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Have looked in to this a bit more.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>An average compression type car air conditioner takes about 3000W</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>That seems too high. If true, my car's air conditioner would take most of the engine's power.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Marc</span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Archivale catalog: <a href="http://www.archivale.com/catalog">http://www.archivale.com/catalog</a></span><br><span>Polymath weblog: <a href="http://www.archivale.com/weblog">http://www.archivale.com/weblog</a></span><br><span>Translations (ProZ profile): <a href="http://www.proz.com/profile/639380">http://www.proz.com/profile/639380</a></span><br><span>Translations (BeWords profile): <a href="http://www.bewords.com/Marc-dePiolenc">http://www.bewords.com/Marc-dePiolenc</a></span><br><span>Ducted fans: <a href="http://massflow.archivale.com/">http://massflow.archivale.com/</a></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>