Glossary / General

heat soak

11 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

Heat soak is when things like glass get really hot from the sun, making the inside of the car hot too. This means you might need to use the air conditioning more to cool it down.

Technical Definition

Heat soak refers to the phenomenon where materials, such as glass, absorb heat from sunlight, causing the interior of a vehicle to become excessively hot. This can lead to increased reliance on air conditioning to cool the cabin, affecting overall energy efficiency.

Hear It Discussed

"How can we have a black car in Florida with the average temperatures like 85 and humidity is like 100 percent? We will fry."
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"One is if you get rid of a glass roof, you lose the heat soak. You get a lot of heat soak through the glass roof on a hot day."
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