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Car outside thermometer - where is it?

  • 19-01-2013 12:35am
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,685 ✭✭✭✭


    As I was looking at my dash tonight and seen the outside temp, I got to thinking about where exactly on the car this would be located.

    It has to be somewhere where it will give a steady reading of air temp when the car is moving. But, it surely can't be:

    - anywhere near the engine, as this would potentially affect the reading.

    - anywhere that an air flow can hit it, as again this would affect temp if it had a 60mph or 70mph air stream hitting it, so it must be hidden away somewhere on the car, but then again does that affect its ability to give a really accurate reading?

    So where is it?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    NIMAN wrote: »
    As I was looking at my dash tonight and seen the outside temp, I got to thinking about where exactly on the car this would be located.

    It has to be somewhere where it will give a steady reading of air temp when the car is moving. But, it surely can't be:

    - anywhere near the engine, as this would potentially affect the reading.

    - anywhere that an air flow can hit it, as again this would affect temp if it had a 60mph or 70mph air stream hitting it, so it must be hidden away somewhere on the car, but then again does that affect its ability to give a really accurate reading?

    So where is it?
    Under a wing mirror in a lot of cases.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    Depends on the car. Was told before it was usually the front bumper, rear bumper or a wing mirror


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 629 ✭✭✭gowley


    its outside the car


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Behind the front bumper in most cases I can think of.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,261 ✭✭✭mgbgt1978


    Bottom of the L/H mirror on my Picasso.
    This was discussed before (somewhere, maybe not here) and apparently the wind-chill factor caused by the car moving does not affect the temp reading.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,661 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Here's the location of my model, embedded in the underside of the front bumper.

    ambient%20temp%20sensor.JPG


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    must be behind the bumper on my car, it doesn't have wing mirrors.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,782 ✭✭✭dmc17


    corktina wrote: »
    must be behind the bumper on my car, it doesn't have wing mirrors.

    Were they an optional extra?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,594 ✭✭✭tossy


    Down beside the horn in most of the VAG range.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭ofcork


    Some alfas had it on the wing mirror,you could see the extra piece at the bottom of the mirror.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    dmc17 wrote: »
    Were they an optional extra?

    I'd say the mirrors are on the door :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,793 ✭✭✭coolisin


    On the Mazda 3 in the front bumper, the BMW couldn't tell you!


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