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If this is true,
then how come i dont need to fuel my air conditioner at home
lol.....

2006-08-25 15:47:40 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation Commuting

yea.... i know my air conditioner at home runs in electricity.

but so as a car.....it need electricity
for lights and other stuff

2006-08-25 15:52:42 · update #1

38 answers

The AC compressor in your car runs off your engine. The compressor at home runs off an electric motor.

2006-08-25 15:50:41 · answer #1 · answered by Ray 7 · 0 0

Straight answer to a funny question...
Not directly. Yor car engine's drive belt turns a compressor that essentially runs your air conditioner. An electric motor turns the compressor on your home A/C.

To extend your question, your car uses extra gas when you run your air conditioner...but not all that much. Your A/C causes a little extra drag on your engine (more on a smaller engine than a bigger one). So, in an indirect way, it does take gas to run your car A/C !

2006-08-25 16:00:38 · answer #2 · answered by Lightshow 2 · 0 0

It's not the gas that makes the air conditioner work, the energy that the gas creates makes the air conditioner work. Just like the electric in your home makes the air conditioner work.

2006-08-25 15:51:51 · answer #3 · answered by FaerieWhings 7 · 0 0

The ar conditioner in your car is powered by your car's engine. The engine is powered by gasoline. So, yes, your car uses more gasoline when the air conditioner is on.

As for the air conditioner in your house, its power source is most likely electricity. You are "fueling" your home's air conditioner. You are "fueling" it with electricity.

2006-08-25 15:53:08 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. G 6 · 0 0

No. Your car has what is called a "compressor". The turning of the compressor provides the power to your a/c system. The compressor is filled with between 4 or as many as 9 gerbils, that run around this circular cage-like track. (The less expensive cars only have 4 gerbils, but I have heard that more expensive cars, like the Corvette, can have as many as 9 gerbils). lol back at yah!

2006-08-25 16:00:26 · answer #5 · answered by MrZ 6 · 0 0

no the air conditioner is ran from energy, which is transferred from the pulleys on the side of the engine... now the engine uses gasoline(unless its hydrogen powered... which i seriously doubt). when the ac compressor cuts on the engine idles at a higher speed causing it to burn fuel faster... so if your question was, does my car use more gas when i run the ac, the answer is yes

2006-08-25 15:56:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yes true.Your car takes gasoline.both A/C need energy. An electric generator is a device for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy.

Electricity is the flow of electrical power or charge. It is a secondary energy source which means that we get it from the conversion of other sources of energy, like coal, natural gas, oil, nuclear power and other natural sources, which are called primary sources.
Electricity is a basic part of nature and it is one of our most widely used forms of energy. Many cities and towns were built alongside waterfalls (a primary source of mechanical energy) that turned water wheels to perform work. Before electricity generation began slightly over 100 years ago, houses were lit with kerosene lamps, food was cooled in iceboxes, and rooms were warmed by wood-burning or coal-burning stoves. Beginning with Benjamin Franklin's experiment with a kite one stormy night in Philadelphia, the principles of electricity gradually became understood. Thomas Edison helped change everyone's life -- he perfected his invention -- the electric light bulb. Prior to 1879, direct current (DC) electricity had been used in arc lights for outdoor lighting. In the late-1800s, Nikola Tesla pioneered the generation, transmission, and use of alternating current (AC) electricity, which can be transmitted over much greater distances than direct current. Tesla's inventions used electricity to bring indoor lighting to our homes and to power industrial machines.

2006-08-25 16:39:08 · answer #7 · answered by laksh 3 · 0 0

The car has to spin up the accessory belt which is spun off of engine. It does not use gas directly. When you open your car windows the car becomes less areodynamic, thus it requires slightly more gas to move your car forwards. So technically running with windows down will require gas.

2006-08-25 15:51:19 · answer #8 · answered by romeohsdrumline 3 · 0 0

Lol open up ur hood for once!

The engine takes gas, and the engine spins a wheel which powers the air conditioner... silly...

2006-08-25 15:49:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

A/C is connected to a belt/pulley that lugs down the gasoline eating motor that requires more energy to produce power to run your car's A/C?
It takes coal to run the power plant that electrifies your house A/C.
According to your idiocy, your A/C runs off coal, not gasoline.

2006-08-25 15:54:50 · answer #10 · answered by randyrich 5 · 0 0

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