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Old July 26th 05, 01:25 PM
Malt_Hound
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> In article >,
> Malt_Hound > wrote:
>
>>>>Most cars' blower motor controls are set to run the fan at low speed
>>>>all the time while the AC compressor is engaged. It's done to keep
>>>>air flowing through the evaporator matrix to prevent ice from building
>>>>up on it.
>>>
>>>
>>>Eh? It gets hot, not cold. ;-)
>>>

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>>Nope. Evaporator gets cold...

>
>
> Which heat exchanger are we talking about? The aux fan runs continually to
> keep the condenser cool. The interior fan may be switched off, as
> there's a probe in that heat exchanger to prevent iceing.
>



I dunno, as I was not the OP. I was just mentioning that evaporators
get cold (and condensers get hot) in the AC scheme.

Fred W
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