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The  truck air conditioning compressor cools the air in your truck and it works quite similar to the air conditioning compressor in your  home and office.

The air conditioning compressor moves humidity and hot air  from the evaporator inside your truck to a condenser located outside the vehicle by compressing gas inside the system. The lack of an  air conditioning compressor that performs properly nullifies the cooling effects of the system.

People, since the 1940s, have been able to ride their vehicles in comfort just like they take pleasure in the air conditioning at home. They have also, in very hot and humid  climates, been able to seamlessly enjoy the results of air conditioning, except for the short walk to and from the home and the truck, and vice versa. 

If there is something incorrect with the air conditioning compressor in your motor truck, then you will feel a much warmer air inside your vehicle.

Primarily, the truck air conditioning compressor is a pump that has intake and discharge sides. At the intake side, the refrigerant is pulled from the output of the evaporator coils situated inside the vehicle.

Inside the  air conditioning compressor of a truck, the gas is compressed and sent to the condenser situated outside the vehicle, along with the heat and humidity drawn from the vehicle.

Helping Secure The Environment By Following Present-Day Requirements 

Early motor truck air conditioning systems used gases that were considered as hazardous and could even explode (propane is one good example). Freon, the common trade name for the R-12 gas, has been identified to bring about damage to the Earth’s ozone layer in the atmosphere. Technicians are required to be certified prior to working with or buying  Freon.

Every time an air conditioning system is  released, Freon is captured using special equipment. Work performed on an   air conditioning compressor can only be done by a certified technician. In cases where the compressor needs to be replaced, an upgraded and newer model may be needed.

R-134a is a newer gas that is now being required in all vehicles starting 2010. If the vehicle requires new gas to fill its system, it has to be retrofitted with a new  truck air conditioning compressor that manufactures a higher pressure that is required for this gas.

The expenses could be higher because the technician had to pay more for the gas repair and the equipment. As a vehicle owner, you have to make a critical decision. Will you be willing to  suffer driving in the heat, pay the high cost of replacing the truck’s air conditioning compressor, or buy another vehicle altogether?

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