Vehicle air conditioning is typically one of a car's most durable systems. Though it is often in use every day, a modern air conditioning system just keeps humming along providing cool air when you ...

When a car’s air conditioning system fails, the driving experience can suffer significantly, especially during the hot months ...

When your car air conditioning blows hot air, the system is failing at one of three jobs: moving refrigerant, shedding heat, ...

Air conditioners are now standard equipment in almost every vehicle on the road. They provide a cooler and more comfortable driving experience, even in the summer heat, and clear the windshield, side ...

One of the more elusive causes of three-phase compressor motor overheating and failure is an imbalance in voltage. Compressor voltage unbalance can be found with a voltmeter by measuring between ...

Motors used for refrigeration equipment (including air conditioning systems) are hermetic. When we say “hermetic,” what do we mean? It’s a motor that’s sealed from the outside. In the case of ...

Article 440 applies to electrically driven air-conditioning (A/C) and refrigeration equipment. Each equipment manufacturer has the compressor motor built to its own specifications. The motors are ...

Why is a built-in air compressor useful? Let's pump through a few scenarios. Say you're making your way across Moab, Utah, the hard way in your fancy new R1T. To scramble up and over some of the ...