"Tibur Waltson" <Toush@hi.com> wrote in message
news:5f8fa2d7e906ce266257a00849c6492c@news.bubbane ws.com...
> My Honda user manual says to operate the AC once a week but
> doesn't say how long. The car is in storage and every week I go
> start the car and operate the AC for half a minute and shut it off.
>
> Sometime it's so cold outside that the AC will not turn on. I'm unsure
> if it's empty of freon or it's just too cold outside, 20-degree F. How
> long should we start a car and operate the A/C in order to meet the
> factory requirements?

I can't answer that question. But, I use the A/C pretty much all year long,
it does a great job defogging and defrosting the interior of the windows.
We've had temperatures in the -25 to -30 (Celsius) over the last few weeks,
and my A/C has never, refused to operate.

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Brian
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