So for the first time in my life I have a nice car, and my carport has an external aircon (reverse cycle) unit at the end of it. Should I avoid parking close to it? Will it damage my paint with humidity exhaust or something? I was thinking of building a wooden barrier out of some scrap I have lying around to direct it away from it.

>>28454030 (OP)
I'm not sure you understand how air conditioner condensers work.

>>28454160
I mean I have a rough idea.

>>28454191
Do you really tho? Doesn't seem like it

>>28454195
Doesn't it take the hot air (humidity) from inside my house in summer, and pipe it outside?
Then in winter it takes the cold air, and pipes it out?

>>28454200
I mean sorta? It just creates cold air, but the cold parts condense a lot of water, the dehumidification is a byproduct.

It’s fine. The exhaust from the unit is the same humidity as the surrounding air. Any humidity is formed on the evaporator coil inside, and then drained out via a tube usually behind the unit

>>28454030 (OP)
anon are you for real?
Fuck, no.
No a AC unit won't hurt your car.
If anything, avoiding extreme temp changes can help keep a car in good condition.

>>28454495
Man I don't know, I figured a big fan blowing cold or hot air onto my car would damage the paint. I've seen plenty of rusty aircon units, which I assume it does to itself from humidity.

>>28454200
No, it does not.

>>28454498
You've seen rusty AC units, that presumably live outside, and you assumed the rust was a result of what they do and not a result of... Being outside?

OP is still kinda right though.
You're talking about a temperature difference of 20+ degrees.
So if hes in a hot area and its 95 degrees on a summer day that AC unit is potentially blowing 120 degree air onto his car.

>>28456147
See, I'm not pants on head retarded, just regular retarded

>>28456147
>>28457856
So whats the alternative? Not parking the car in the covered car port leaving it to direct sunlight UV exposure and the 95 degrees plus sunlight temp?

That sounds worse than warm moving air over the car.

>>28454030 (OP)
>>28456147
A/C tech here. Do not touch the unit. Do not build anything to block the airflow of the unit or "direct the air" in any way.

The only possible way it could damage your car is if you waited 20 years for the unit to rust up, then stripped all the paint off of your car and parked it underneath so the condensation would drip on fresh metal, which would make it rust slightly faster.

The paint on your car was cured in a fucking oven at 400 degrees, some slightly warmer air blowing on it won't do anything. UV damage is way worse than just warm air.

>>28457993
Thanks for the advice. I'll leave it alone then.
Is there a certain amount of space I should leave between the unit and the car? Or what's the amount of space I should leave in general for anything?

>>28454200
It takes hot liquid refrigerant and shocks it back into a vapor at the interior coil inside your house via a metering device, like a little orifice or thermal expansion valve. When the refrigerant expands into a vapor, the pressure difference causes a drop in temperature through the magic of Willis Carrier's enduring spirit. Air flowing across this coil is cooled and the water in air condenses on the coil to be drained away.

This cool vapor is then sucked back to the compressor, where it keeps the compressor cool before being ruthlessly compressed back into a liquid and shot back into your interior coil overlooking your goon cave.

And to do heating it just fucking runs in reverse.

>>28458016
Nah, don't worry about parking too close, that won't affect the unit. Hitting the unit with your car would be worse. If you've got room to walk between your car and the unit you're golden. In general just don't stack a ton of cardboard in front of the fan, cover the unit with a tarp, stuff like that.