Perhaps what is meant is that power steering since it's ON all the time on
the average consumes more power than the AC?

Mike

On 2/19/08 1:28 PM, "Bill Collins" <wb6otg@INTREX.NET> wrote:

>> They claim:" the hydraulic steering system in your car siphons off
>> somewhere between one to three miles per gallon from your vehicle's
>> performance and consumes more energy than your car's air conditioner?
>
> If it really consumed more power than the air conditioner, I'd think the PS
> pump would have as large a belt and as solid a mounting as the A/C compressor.
> It clearly doesn't.
>
> Bill