for background, I shaved my forearms for practicing methods of shaving my legs. low-key a mistake, don’t think id recommend shaving arms lol

I picked up a pizza after getting a shower and to dry out my hair faster I didn’t turn on the AC, was in a hot car in Florida for like 5m while it cooked and this is what happened. Pretty cool!

Edit: also it’s interesting to visualize how much water is lost when you sweat

  • Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    11·
    6 hours ago

    If you have the heat on in an ICE car you get waste heat from the engine blown into the cabin. The AC does nothing in that case. And even if it did, as in the the AC would be run in reverse like a home heat pump in the winter, moisture would be condensed out of the outside air, not the cabin air.

    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      … most vehicles turn the AC on when turned to defrost mode.

      The waste heat blowing across the coils is what unfreezes the moisture for it to drip off. It works better as a dehumidifer the warmer the air blowing across it, as hot air holds more moisture. Also cars have a neat little switch to recycle the air, sometimes it’s automatic with ac, this allows cabin air, instead of waste air to also blow across the coils.