What is this for?

[Demondad]

What I love about my Cerbera is you discover something new when you least expect. Grovelling round polishing my sills (as you do) I noticed this fan labelled knob.



What does it do?

I'm hoping its Nitros! Yahoo!

[touching cloth]

Rarely seen one with a knob attached but believe it's the temperature control for the air conditioning.

[Demondad]

OK thats not quite as exciting as Nitros but being hot could be useful. Thanks TC I will give it a go tomorrow and let you know.

[touching cloth]

It may be worth a quick search but I seem to remember the advice being not to move it by much when adjusting it, I think there were reports of people cranking it around too far and actually causing some damage by running it all too cold or something.

[Ireland]

It IS the stat for the air-con.

Turning it too far will cause the evportaor to ice over.

It will thaw out once you turn off the air-con but there will be no cooling while it is iced up as the air won't be able to circulate through it.

[Demondad]

That's why it is so hidden away then. I will leave it well alone! Thanks to you all.

[Ireland]

If I remember correctly turning it clockwiseturns it colder.

From the pic it looks like yours has already been set to the coldest.

[ridds]

I's got a nice little bracket too rather then being cable tied to part of the body/frame.

[NeilH]

That's handy - My air con is crap !! I am now going to search for my "knob" (Leave it !) - So clockwise is colder right ... any guide on increments of adjustment - Noted about what happens if I turn it too much. These things have enough issues without me actually creating one !

[Dave 500]

NeilH said:

any guide on increments of adjustment

Mines right the way round icey cold and its not frozen yet the only draw back it when its really hot you get condensation forming on the cold air pipes which drips onto your legs which can be a little unnerving and blinking freezing.....

[Demondad]

Dave 500 said:

a little unnerving and blinking freezing.....

Ahh yes I do remember that when I first got the car, obviously hasnt been that hot since, apart from today

[NeilH]

OK - Where the hell is it ?? I assumed it was under that Dash - drivers side ...

[Demondad]

Yep get down under the steering column looking thru the shroud cover thingy on rhs near column.

[Dutch_Cerbera]

same for me, i could not find it
my cerb is a '97