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Old 15 Nov 2005, 04:47 am
Bucky
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Default Re: A/C in cold weather?

Gordon Zola wrote:
> I've heard that car A/C doesn't work below a certain temperature
> because if it's freezing out, the coils might freeze up.


Don't know much about A/C's, but I'm pretty sure that the operating
temperature is not at 0 deg C. The coils aren't filled with water,
they're some type of liquid similar to freon. According to a website I
found, the freezing point of freon-12 is -158C. Maybe some other
fluids/lubricants would cause the A/C to seize before the coils would.

http://webphysics.iupui.edu/webscien...igerators.html

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