I've just repaired my car aircon (rusted pipe, big leak) and filled it with one can of gas (to 31.5 PSI - although the instructions say it should be 33-38). The compressor now spins (it didn't when empty), and I can hear a load on the engine. However it's 8C outside and the air blowing into the car I think is maybe slightly cooler, not sure. Should it be able to cool 8C air any lower?

On Sat, 18 Mar 2017 18:35:43 -0000, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:

I've just repaired my car aircon (rusted pipe, big leak) and filled it with one can of gas (to 31.5 PSI - although the instructions say it should be 33-38). The compressor now spins (it didn't when empty), and I can hear a load on the engine. However it's 8C outside and the air blowing into the car I think is maybe slightly cooler, not sure. Should it be able to cool 8C air any lower?

I just had the sense to use a thermometer. Max fan to the windscreen vents, AC off, I read 16C (odd as it's 10C on my garden thermometer and 8C on my car's outside thermometer). Anyway, turn AC on, drops to 12C. Is a drop from 16C to 12C ok? I've heard that they have thermostats to stop it blowing freezing cold air. Maybe it'll still blow 12C when it's 25C outside? Anyone got readings they can compare this with from their own car?

On 3/18/2017 11:35 AM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
I've just repaired my car aircon (rusted pipe, big leak) and filled it
with one can of gas (to 31.5 PSI - although the instructions say it
should be 33-38). The compressor now spins (it didn't when empty), and
I can hear a load on the engine. However it's 8C outside and the air
blowing into the car I think is maybe slightly cooler, not sure. Should
it be able to cool 8C air any lower?


WTF is aircon?

On 3/18/2017 6:51 PM, Colonel Edmund J. Burke wrote:
On 3/18/2017 11:35 AM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
I've just repaired my car aircon (rusted pipe, big leak) and filled it
with one can of gas (to 31.5 PSI - although the instructions say it
should be 33-38). The compressor now spins (it didn't when empty), and
I can hear a load on the engine. However it's 8C outside and the air
blowing into the car I think is maybe slightly cooler, not sure. Should
it be able to cool 8C air any lower?


WTF is aircon?

An Air Conditioner.

Bod wrote:
On 3/18/2017 6:51 PM, Colonel Edmund J. Burke wrote:
On 3/18/2017 11:35 AM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
I've just repaired my car aircon (rusted pipe, big leak) and filled
it with one can of gas (to 31.5 PSI - although the instructions say
it should be 33-38). The compressor now spins (it didn't when
empty), and I can hear a load on the engine. However it's 8C
outside and the air blowing into the car I think is maybe slightly
cooler, not sure. Should it be able to cool 8C air any lower?


WTF is aircon?

An Air Conditioner.

Bravo!
You have just replied to Colonel Edmund J. Burke.

James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
I've just repaired my car aircon (rusted pipe, big leak) and filled it
with one can of gas (to 31.5 PSI - although the instructions say it
should be 33-38). The compressor now spins (it didn't when empty), and
I can hear a load on the engine. However it's 8C outside and the air
blowing into the car I think is maybe slightly cooler, not sure. Should
it be able to cool 8C air any lower?



http://www.clarks-garage.com/pdf-manual/hvac-02.pdf
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-...Automotive-AC/

difference between aircon and climate control.
Brian

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James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
I've just repaired my car aircon (rusted pipe, big leak) and filled it
with one can of gas (to 31.5 PSI - although the instructions say it
should be 33-38). The compressor now spins (it didn't when empty), and
I can hear a load on the engine. However it's 8C outside and the air
blowing into the car I think is maybe slightly cooler, not sure. Should
it be able to cool 8C air any lower?



http://www.clarks-garage.com/pdf-manual/hvac-02.pdf
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-...Automotive-AC/

In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
difference between aircon and climate control.
Brian

Pretty well all AC car systems have a low limit sensor. To prevent them
freezing up.

Climate control is just an integrated automated version of heating and
cooling.

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On 3/18/2017 1:10 PM, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
Bod wrote:
On 3/18/2017 6:51 PM, Colonel Edmund J. Burke wrote:
On 3/18/2017 11:35 AM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
I've just repaired my car aircon (rusted pipe, big leak) and filled
it with one can of gas (to 31.5 PSI - although the instructions say
it should be 33-38). The compressor now spins (it didn't when
empty), and I can hear a load on the engine. However it's 8C
outside and the air blowing into the car I think is maybe slightly
cooler, not sure. Should it be able to cool 8C air any lower?


WTF is aircon?

An Air Conditioner.

Bravo!
You have just replied to Colonel Edmund J. Burke.



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He should mind his own beeswax, but it's nice to know he's thinking of me.