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Automotive Air-conditioning
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Many new vehicles are equipped with air conditioning. Most people rely heavily on this feature every day during the hot summer months. Generally air con units are reliable & are subject to few problems. However, that doesn’t mean that there will never be problems, or that there won’t come a time when your vehicles air con system requires some sort of service. It’s no different to your vehicles engine; it will need to be serviced periodically,
Two common issues seem to affect vehicles air con systems more than others. Sometimes air con systems will blow no cold air, or very little & at other times, they may blow out too much. Both of these malfunctions are annoying but neither means that you’ve necessarily experienced a catastrophic air con system failure. However, each of these problems will need to be addressed, corrected & the source of the fault will need to be traced.
The air con system in a vehicle is made up of 6 major components. These components are the compressor, condenser, evaporator, receiver drier, expansion valve, and finally, the refrigerant itself. Knowing how all of these pieces interact with each other will help you to better understand your air con system & any problems you might encounter.
The compressor is probably the most important component & consequently it’s also the most expensive. The compressor runs the entire air con system & is driven by a belt attached to the engine. As it runs, the compressor injects cold vapours from the refrigerant into the condenser; the vapour is then converted into a liquid & then sent to the receiver drier. The receiver drier acts as a holding cell for the liquid refrigerant & removes excess moisture from the refrigerant.
Liquid refrigerant is then pumped through the expansion valve where all of the pressure is removed. This allows the refrigerant to turn back into a vapour before it goes to the evaporator. The evaporator vaporises the refrigerant & absorbs all the heat from the vehicles passenger cabin. Once the heat is removed, the cold air is blown thorough the passenger compartment using a fan.
An air conditioning system that is not blowing enough cold air usually has a leak somewhere in the system. Finding these defects quickly is critical to maintaining you vehicle’s air conditioning system.
The air conditioning systems used inside most vehicles are very complex & are made up of a system of interconnected components. Because of this complexity, it can be quite costly to have it repaired. More often than not, it is easier & less expensive to repair a vehicle’s air con system at the first sign of trouble rather than ignoring the problem & allowing it to degenerate into a much more costly repair later on.
If you want to ensure that your vehicle’s air con system is as safe and efficient as you’d like it to be, ensure you have it serviced regularly.
Gassing, repairs, part sales, maintenance & installations (Smallest vehicles, SUVs, Buses, Trucks, Earthmoving Equipment). We are RMI approved and Approved by all Air-Con manufactures.