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- From: nbrotz@poplar15 (Norb Brotz)
- Subject: Re: A/C manifold gauges question
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.174809.4499@hemlock.cray.com>
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- Date: 9 Sep 92 17:48:09 CDT
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- mark@wdcwdc.sps.mot.com (Mark Shaw) writes:
- : |> 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
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