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- From: mark@wdcwdc.sps.mot.com (Mark Shaw)
- Subject: Re: A/C manifold gauges question
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.195545.4121@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
- Sender: mark@wdc (Mark Shaw)
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- Organization: Motorola Western MCU Design Center, Chandler Arizona
- References: <1992Sep8.180404.16346@gtephx.UUCP>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 19:55:45 GMT
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- |> In the Hayes auto A/C book I picked up to learn this stuff implies
- |> using the gage pressure scale for reference (or I should say
- |> does not mention using the R12 scale.
-
- I concur with James Swonger's comments on A/C gage pressures and diagnosis. The inner
- R12 scale can also be used for a quick charge check. That scale basically indicates the
- temperature of R12 that would give that pressure reading.
-
- In the early morning a car usually has had time to cool down to ambient temperature overnight
- and it is not yet being heated up by the sun. Threfore the ambient temperature is usually the
- same as the temperature of the A/C system. If you connect the gage at this time, the inner R12
- reading should match the ambient temperature if your have a sufficient charge.
-
- If the indicated R12 temperature is less, you are undercharged. If the indicated R12
- temperature is more, you are overcharged. Rather simple and you don't have to deal with
- those higher running pressures. This method is not precise (doesn't actually tell how much
- freon to add/subtract) but is the next best thing to watching a sight glass for bubbles.
-
- regards, Mark (mark@wdc.sps.mot.com) Tempe, AZ
-