MACS Mobile A/C Update Webinar Now Available On Demand
April 22, 2021
Every year the Mobile Air Climate Systems Association creates a special mobile A/C update clinic to help working technicians keep up with the rapidly changing mobile A/C service and repair...Read Article >
Tips for taking your mobile A/C system’s temperature
April 20, 2021
The contact type units do indeed have a high degree of accuracy, but precautions must be taken when using them (especially connecting to lines) to ensure the accuracy. Otherwise, it is possible to get readings that are easily 5° to 10° off and that can lead to an incorrect diagnosis.Read Article >
The pressure is on
April 19, 2021
By appearance, radiator caps seem to be a simple device. Yet, many technicians do not understand the cap’s real functionRead Article >
Temperature testing accuracy
April 13, 2021
Temperature readings can be easily used to determine if an orifice tube system might be undercharged, and they can also be used to charge an orifice tube system. But if the readings are not accurate, all they are going to do is cause you problems.Read Article >
Avoiding an oily situation
April 6, 2021
If you own a mobile A/C repair shop this is when you start to gear up for it, by replenishing your parts inventories and an important segment of those inventories is compressor oil.Read Article >
How to deal with a compressor oil viscosity change
March 30, 2021
dealing with a catastrophic compressor failure where system flushing and component replacement removes all the oil from the system, then it is a matter of just installing the correct quantity of the oil that is specified for the replacement compressor.Read Article >
Why does the replacement compressor use different oil (than the original unit)
March 23, 2021
That is viscosity and specifically why a replacement compressor might use a different viscosity oil than its OEM counterpart.Read Article >
Tank full of air!
March 15, 2021
The problem is usually caused by excessive air in a system, and since too few shops use a refrigerant identifier, they don’t know when these problems come up, nor how often they are solving problems by doing this.Read Article >
How much oil “goes” in the compressor?
March 9, 2021
There is also an additional step which is required in the oil draining process with this unit. That step is that the suction damper needs to be depressed to allow proper ventilation when draining one of these compressors.Read Article >
Caveman to Mr. Cool
February 18, 2021
Over 300,000 years ago, modern man began walking the earth relying heavily on his five senses-- especially sight – to hunt, find joy, and avoid danger. In 1914, Garrett Morgan, who decided it was important to protect man’s eyes during hazardous situations, developed what we know today as ‘safety’ glasses.Read Article >
Safety Alert: Online Sales of Cool Penguin F-12
November 23, 2020
Refrigerant safety alertRead Article >
A/C Diagnostics & Troubleshooting
June 1, 2015
It’s long been said that opinions are like smiles… everybody’s got one! And that’s certainly true when it comes to diagnosing and troubleshooting mobile A/C systems. Depending on whom you...Read Article >
