Originally Posted By: kxc262
A/C does not require as much electricity in my experience. Had my car on idle with it on and it useless less than .5 KwH
The heater does burn much more battery and in colder climates this may be an issue. Some cars will let you charge and use climate control at the same time (pre-heat or pre-cool the vehicle while plugged in). The Leaf does not allow this. Once climate is reached, it will use less energy, but still drain more power to generate heat
From a purely technical standpoint, heating should be near 100% efficient, as you just have resisters burning the electricity. Whereas cooling requires an electric powered AC system, which is going to be significantly less than 100% efficient.
Unless you've defeated the 1st and 2nd law of thermodynamics it doesn't make sense that cooling would take less energy than heating. If you've invented that, you can just turn your A/C system backwards and A/C the outside environment colder, with the resultant heat going into your car.
Perhaps because you need a larger temperature difference to heat is why it's perceived that heating takes more energy.
A/C does not require as much electricity in my experience. Had my car on idle with it on and it useless less than .5 KwH
The heater does burn much more battery and in colder climates this may be an issue. Some cars will let you charge and use climate control at the same time (pre-heat or pre-cool the vehicle while plugged in). The Leaf does not allow this. Once climate is reached, it will use less energy, but still drain more power to generate heat
From a purely technical standpoint, heating should be near 100% efficient, as you just have resisters burning the electricity. Whereas cooling requires an electric powered AC system, which is going to be significantly less than 100% efficient.
Unless you've defeated the 1st and 2nd law of thermodynamics it doesn't make sense that cooling would take less energy than heating. If you've invented that, you can just turn your A/C system backwards and A/C the outside environment colder, with the resultant heat going into your car.
Perhaps because you need a larger temperature difference to heat is why it's perceived that heating takes more energy.
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