Temperature control IHKA: Notes
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This functional description covers the temperature control of the integrated automatic heating/climate control, IHKA. The IHKA is a heating and A/C system regulated on the on air side. The interior temperature is picked up by two independent temperature sensors. The sunlight level is picked up by the solar sensor.