If not, you need to sign them up for Tim Iezzi’s course, “Counterperson A/C Training,” to be presented at MACS 2020 Training Event, February 19-22, 2020 in Nashville, TN When…
Understanding Compressor Design and Functional Differences With RICHARD HAWKINS 1-800-Radiator and A/C Thursday, February 20 at 8am Compressors vary widely among the different vehicle platforms and even some specific models use…
By Peter L. Orlando, Carquest Technical Institute/Advance Auto Parts Pre-post scanning your customers cars? Be shop wise and understand the consequences of the outcome, as well as being service ready,…
By Steve Schaeber, MACS Technical Editor (04-OCT-2019) The Mobile Air Conditioning Industry Pioneer Award was originally established by IMACA (the International Mobile Air Conditioning Association) in 1988. In 2003, the…
September/ October 2019 ACTION Magazine Vehicle power management and climate control In the case of many late model vehicles, there are more and more systems utilizing electrical power management strategies…
By Jeff Moredock The case for the osha silica regulation and its impact on mobile HVAC design “Why does the OSHA Silica regulation exist?” To protect workers from the dangerous…
So where do we go from here? That is the question. There aren’t a whole lot of new things we can do with an air conditioning system to improve how…
June ACTION 2019 Hybrid and electric vehicle air conditioning compressor hardware, power controls and diagnostics For more than 15 years, hybrid and electric vehicles have been using electric air conditioning…
By Steve Schaeber, MACS Technical Editor (May 20, 2019) ©2019 Mobile Air Conditioning Society Worldwide As part of our continuing effort to document the industry’s changeover to R-1234yf, MACS once…
Independent garages have been slow to make the investment in equipment to work on R-1234yf systems, and many car dealers’ service departments couldn’t be happier about that. When the car…
By Dr. Alex Moultanovsky The MACS session began with Dan Spurgeon of CAT who introduced the new Track-Type Tractor D6. Dan pointed out that the D6 is equipped with a…
