Your car's air conditioner is one of the most important parts of driving in comfort, but it can be hard to know when or even ...

In principle, air conditioners and refrigeration units don't produce cold air. These systems transfer heat from one place to another and therefore reduce temperature in a confined area (passenger ...

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 ...

Neil Thompson has been upgrading the 289 under the hood of his '66 coupe for quite some time. Current upgrades include a chrome alternator, an Edelbrock aluminum intake topped by a Holley four-barrel ...

At the end of last summer, I began an epic installation of electrically driven air conditioning in my fragile little 1969 ...

Air conditioning compressors aren’t exactly a mainstay of the average hacker’s junk box. Typically, they’re either fitted to a car to do their original job, or they’re on the bench getting refurbished ...

How does a tech know the a/c compressor he or she is diagnosing is actually failed and that the problem is not a crankcase heater, condenser fan, or rubbed out wire? According to the contractors The ...

Not long ago we were involved in a bench racing session with several veteran Vette aficionados that centered on the "good old days." The cruise down memory lane centered on a particularly memorable ...

Of all the updates that can be made to a street rod to make it more civilized the addition of a modern climate-control system has got to be at the top of the list. Heading out to a rod run on a hot ...

Stepping outside during an Indian summer can feel exhausting within minutes. In several parts of the country, temperatures are already moving close to 45°C, and the intense heat often pushes people to ...