An Amazingly Simple Way to Add Air-Conditioning to Your Car For one reason or another, there are plenty of people who don’t have air-conditioning in their cars. I happen to be one of them. I don’t know why, it’s just been broken for years, and every time I get to the point where I have time to fix it, it’s cold outside again and I don’t care anymore. Whatever the case – you’re saving money for a European vacation or the dog got sick last spring – you may be someone with no air-conditioning when it’s disgustingly hot outside. After digging through a bunch of summer themed YouTube videos (one was even narrated in Tagalog), I’ve found a temporary (or semipermanent if you, like me, are that guy) solution to your hot weather automotive problem. I’ll preface this by saying that my personal favorites in the realm of YouTube videos aren’t the ones where the host (or whatever it is you call someone who makes a habit of posting on YouTube) buys some little gadget at the store to solve a problem.

I prefer when the Internet do-it-yourselfer makes something out of bits and pieces that cost less than $10. A fine example is the homemade air-conditioning unit featured in this video, consisting of only a cheap dash fan, a five-gallon bucket and several two-liter bottles filled with water and frozen. The guy couldn’t have spent more than $15 on this contraption, and although it would eat up a bit of legroom, looks like it would work swimmingly well in the relatively close confines of a pickup truck cab, which is where I intend to try it. I’ll let you know how it goes.How do you use auto air conditioning gauges? To use an auto air conditioning manifold gauge set, close the low and high valves on the set and connect the hoses to the low and high fittings on the air conditioner unit. Turn on the engine. Set the air conditioning to the maximum setting and run it until the car becomes cool. Reopen the manifold gauge set's valves and note the pressure readings that appear on its dials.

Compare these readings to the specifications for the vehicle. How do you recharge a vehicle's air conditioning? How do you use an AC recharge kit? What are symptoms of a clogged radiator? High pressure readings on the auto air conditioning manifold gauge set's high valves are often the result of excess refrigerant. Air in the air conditioner's hoses or restricted airflow through the condenser could also be the culprit. High valve readings on the low end indicate a low refrigerant level or malfunctioning compressor. Low valve pressures that are higher than expected may be due to a bad compressor or refrigerant that has been overcharged. Lower valve pressures typically mean the refrigerant level is too low or the condenser's air flow is blocked. Auto air conditioning manifold gauge sets are used to check the pressure in air conditioning lines. They help identify if a leak is present. Air conditioning manifold gauge sets can also drain the unit of all refrigerant or recharge it fully.

How do you troubleshoot an automobile air conditioner? To troubleshoot an automobile air conditioner, check for symptoms such as refrigerant leaks, intermittent cooling and air conditioning noise or odor. How do you repair your car's air conditioning system? To repair your car's air conditioning system, check for any leaks in the unit's coils, and fix them using a leak sealer; what size ac unit do i need for a 2 000 sq ft houserefill the refrigerant if its pres...best quality central air conditioning units What does Cataclean do to a catalytic inverter?my ac unit wont turn on outside unit turns on Where can you find Badland winches? What is the average mileage put on a car each year?

How do you make a truck louder? What is a Chevy Malibu blower motor resistor? To what do the secondary bronchi supply air? A/C R134A Manifold Gauge Set 2.5 CFM Vacuum Pump 3 CFM Two Stage Vacuum Pump 12 oz. Arctic Freeze® Refrigerant 18 oz. Arctic Freeze® Refrigerant Air Vacuum Pump with R134A and R12 Connectors Electronic Refrigerant Leak Detector 1 Gal Peak® Antifreeze And Coolant 50/50 October 2013, Volume 97, Issue 19, pp 8777–8793Microbial communities related to volatile organic compound emission in automobile air conditioning unitsEnvironmental biotechnologyFirst Online: 23 November 2012Received: 03 August 2012Revised: 26 October 2012Accepted: 27 October 2012DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4564-4Cite this article as: Diekmann, N., Burghartz, M., Remus, L. et al. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol (2013) 97: 8777. AbstractDuring operation of mobile air conditioning (MAC) systems in automobiles, malodours can occur. We studied the microbial communities found on contaminated heat exchanger fins of 45 evaporators from car MAC systems which were operated in seven different regions of the world and identified corresponding volatile organic compounds.

Collected biofilms were examined by scanning electron microscopy and fluorescent in situ hybridization. The detected bacteria were loosely attached to the metal surface. Further analyses of the bacteria using PCR-based single-strand conformation polymorphism and sequencing of isolated 16S rRNA gene fragments identified highly divergent microbial communities with multiple members of the Alphaproteobacteriales, Methylobacteria were the prevalent bacteria. In addition, Sphingomonadales, Burkholderiales, Bacillales, Alcanivorax spp. and Stenotrophomonas spp. were found among many others depending on the location the evaporators were operated. Interestingly, typical pathogenic bacteria related to air conditioning systems including Legionella spp. were not found. In order to determine the nature of the chemical compounds produced by the bacteria, the volatile organic compounds were examined by closed loop stripping analysis and identified by combined gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Sulphur compounds, i.e. di-, tri- and multiple sulphides, acetylthiazole, aromatic compounds and diverse substituted pyrazines were detected.