Re: A/C Always On, HELP

From: Marty Galyean (mgalyean@acm.org)
Date: Wed May 10 2000 - 01:11:56 EDT


Thanks for the _excellent_ suggestion. I knew there was a reason I was
putting off actually doing it. It wasn't that I was being lazy, no way! I was
just waiting for the good ideas to emerge! Yeah. That's the ticket.

jim miller wrote:

> You can wire that switch in one side of the cycling switch located on the
> accumulator. the round black object on the passengers side of the firewall. That
> way if you turn the compressor off there the pcm will realize the compressor is
> off and not raise the idle speed to compensate for the compressor load. Otherwise
> your engine will idle fast when the pcm thinks the compressor is on. You wont
> need a relay either.
>
> > I plan to put a switch and relay wherein the
> > switch will controls the relay right at the compressor where the A/C clutch is
> > engaged electrically but have not gotten around to it. Also thought about
> > putting a WOT switch that could also engage the relay to cut the A/C (or
> > parasiting off the existing WOT switch somehow)
> >



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