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Old 05-17-2015, 07:55 PM
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It's been cool, in the 70's the last few days but it got up to 87 F today. I added 2 cans of R134A and the AC cools again. Went for a test drive in stop and go traffic with the AC on, with just the aux fan for cooling, blower on high, vent temp 48F. Coolant temp gauge never climbed past 90C (194 F) even with the car idling for a few minutes- it stays solid at 90 C. See this video https://youtu.be/LElmpqkSyUw

The only thing I didn't like was with aux fan and HVAC blower on high (that's about 32 amps total), charging voltage was 12 volts which means the battery was not being charged.

I will continue testing in hotter weather. Will start looking for an elec puller fan so I have a back up.
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