"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 7/20/2015 12:56 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Janet" > wrote in message
>> .. .
>>> In article >, says...
>>>>
>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> > Anyhoo... I am now resorting to Amazon Fresh for most of my food.
>>>> > Free
>>>> > delivery for Prime until Sept. and saves me from having to go out
>>>> in > the
>>>> > heat. Had to go out today and the heat was taxing my car's AC so
>>>> > much
>>>> > that it didn't finally get cold until I got back home! And the
>>>> > stores
>>>> > that do have AC don't necessarily have good units. I have been in
>>>> > stores
>>>> > that had beastly hot spots in them on hot days.
>>>>
>>>> Really? We are routinely over 100 where I am and my AC works great in
>>>> my
>>>> vehicle. Are you sure there isn't something wrong with yours? Did you
>>>> have
>>>> it checked recently? If not, you might think about doing that.
>>>
>>> Whoops, even Cheri has started to notice the cracks.
>>
>> What cracks? I recall the same thing happening in my dad's car. There
>> was nothing wrong with the AC but we weren't moving. He said it would
>> take a while to get the air in from the outside. And he was right.
>> Once we got moving, it cooled off. I didn't drive very far but most of
>> the time I was stuck, stopped.
>>
>> I don't think it was a coolant leak. I had that once in one of my old
>> vans. I kept telling my husband that something was wrong with the AC but
>> he wouldn't believe me until we got stuck in traffic near Travis AFB
>> which is in the CA desert. Then he believed me! It was blowing air and
>> the air was slightly cool but there was a leak in the line so most of
>> the coolant wasn't getting through.
>>
>> This wasn't like that. Just took longer than normal to get really cold.
>
> One easy check is to look for a doo-hicky that looks like a propane bottle
> with two pipes coming out of it. That's the receiver-dryer. If there's
> some condensation coming off of it or if it's cold, your refrigerant might
> be low. If your AC compressor turns on and off several times in a minute,
> your refrigerant might be to low.
I'm sure there's no problem with it. It did get cold. It just took longer
than normal to get that way.