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- From: plumpe@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Plumpe)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Defogger and A/C compressor question
- Message-ID: <28709@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 15:44:31 GMT
- References: <1992Dec17.4171.23879@dosgate> <1992Dec18.134252.14961@mlb.semi.harris.com>
- Reply-To: plumpe@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Plumpe)
- Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
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- In rec.autos.tech, jws@billy.mlb.semi.harris.com (James W. Swonger) writes:
- > If the cycles last only a couple of seconds, that indicates low refrigerant
- >causing the low-side pressure switch tho cut the compressor out. Longer
- (stuff left out)
- >Running the compressor without refrigerant is a bad thing; hence low-side
- >cutout switches. If you're cycling frequently due to very low refrigerant
- >you're not doing your A/C system a favor.
-
- The problem is that oil, necessary for compressor survival, circulates
- with the refrigerant. If no refrigerant, no oil circulation and the
- compressor seizes if run too much - not good :-(
-
- Moral: if it short-cycles, get it fixed!
-
- -DaveP
-