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...1) If you have the standard type of AC (not automatic climate control where you just set a temp) it pretty much uses the same amount of power no matter what the temp setting. It just mixes in warmer air when not on full cold (at least this was how my last car worked). Therefore, the most efficient way to use it is put the temperature setting all the way to the coldest and turn it off and on to control the temp as opposed to running it continuously and using the temp knob to adjust the temperature. This is probably obvious to most but JIC...