has anyone suffered from persistent flu and cold symtoms which could be
related to the bacteria accumalated in the air-conditioning connections
apparently you should run the air conditioning on full heat 10mins once
every week to dry up water thats lying inside the tank it collects in
during the summer months i am interested to hear from any one who has
experienced this as i seem to be persistently getting flu coughs and colds

"guzzler" <grahamdickie (AT) blueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote

We run a car with climate control, the air con is on pretty much all the
time, all year round, We scarcely ever get colds/flu.

The moisture that is drawn out of the air drips from the bottom of the
system onto the road so you should never get stagnant water left lying
around.

You can buy a cleansing aerosol from any car shop that is designed to kill
off bacteria on the evaporator unit (the cold bit) you leave the car running
on recirc and open the can and leave it in the footwell for about ten
minutes,

Modern evaporators have a coating that is antibacterial in any case.

Health wise, try what we have done in the past: if you feel you are coming
down with something, take 1gram of vitamin C per hour till it goes away.
overdosing vitamin C is not harmful, you can take it hourly till it causes
diarrhoea, then drop down to 1g every two hours. this gives a startling
reduction in length/severity of illness.

Mrcheerful

"guzzler" <grahamdickie (AT) blueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Not in a car, no.

Depending on how you use the car, it's possible - but more likely to be
something else.

You see, if you drive the car enough such that a dose of gunk from the
ventilation system is the cause of the problem, chances are you'll use the
heater enough to dry it out.

If you don't use the car all that much, chances are that somewhere where you
spend time as a damp problem - home, work, whatever.

Air conditioning in a building is a great way to spread disease since it
recycles air, but you are mostly getting bugs from other people...

--
The DervMan
www.dervman.com

"guzzler" <grahamdickie (AT) blueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
10mins a/c and then 10mins a/c off but full heat, maybe because I only
started doing this once the a/c stank?

Quite often when u switch the a/c on you can smell a stink or a tickle in
the throat.
Its something like the first days of flu excep it just gets better rather
than worse - I seem to remember when a/c started becoming more popular in
the Uk someone said that that in Spain its one of the biggest causes of some
chest infection

I've tried something from Halfords - Its a spray which you leave in the car
whilst the a/c is on and on recirculation - It appears to work for a while

i,d like to thank everyone for their imput please keep it coming