Re: Beating a Dead horse - 6v AC

Posted by Mike On 2010/1/10 18:30:16

Those are excellent options. I'd only need to remove the belt if driving in cold weather, but i usually only drive the packard when it's warm anyways.

What we were concerned about was that if a)the compressor wasn't cycling or b) there wasn't a hot gas bypass valve instead, then wouldn't we run into some kind of evaporator freezing up issue?

I mean if it works an i don't have to rebuild the compressor every year, i'd be game. It's a cheap and dirty option and i like that. If i could get, say, 5-10 thousand miles between major AC maintenance, i'd be on board asap. The best option for now is probably what you're saying with a pulley system, and finding a hot gas bypass valve to work with it. No electric issues at all at that point.