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RE: refrigerator compressor

To: "Shop Talk" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: refrigerator compressor
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:02:03 -0700
> I heard a refrigerator compressor can be used as a vacuum pump
> to pull a vacuum on an automobile, or other, AC systems. Anyone have
> experience with this?

It works OK if you're just trying to suck the air out, but doesn't pull a
hard enough vacuum to boil out any accumulated moisture (especially from the
dryer).  So if you have a moisture detector in the system, it will turn
yellow again almost immediately.  But, I've never seen a car with a moisture
detector, so you'll probably never know the difference.

Randall




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