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Date:         Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:56:48 -0400
Reply-To:     Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: air conditioning
Comments: To: Jason Kirk <Gojira@ADELPHIA.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <000001c58f04$e62765f0$0dc44244@Home>
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Yes, but AC systems in households often times have other fail safe mechanism that car ACs don't.

For example, the AC in my household has a failsafe that will disable the compressor, if there is insufficient air flow (low pressure) (usually caused by a dirty air filter).

I've had cases of an AC in the house having too little refrigerant, and causing the condensation to freeze on the evaporator. This, in turn, blocked the airflow from the AC system. Note that, in my house at least, the low pressure failsafe wasn't triggered because of this...there was plenty of air pressure...it just couldn't get through the evaporator. A recharge of refrigerant fixed the problem.

On Jul 22, 2005, at 5:32 PM, Jason Kirk wrote:

> If the air conditioning in my Vanagon were apparently working, but the > air wasn't coming out cold, one would assume that it needed to be > recharged with refrigerant. Does the air conditioner in my home work > the > same way? Does it need to be "recharged"?


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