Air Con Fuse???

Air Con Fuse???

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Lee704

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35 posts

126 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Got stuck in traffic on the hottest day of the year, found the little windows just weren't enough to keep cool, and thought I'd try out the air con. Sadly it didn't work, not even the LED above the switch, so I'm guessing it's the fuse gone. Now having looked through the hand book, there does not seem to be a fuse specified for it....is this correct??? Or which number fuse should I look at??
Thanks in advance smile

jamieduff1981

8,022 posts

139 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Was it daylight? I assume so? The blue LED seems to be pathetic - however checking a fuse is a very free place to start!

Tanguero

4,535 posts

200 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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If there is insufficient refrigerant in the system a cut-out switch will prevent it from operating at all. Is yours full?

Mad Mark

2,345 posts

231 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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If the air con in low on gas it will not turn on. I'm not sure if the light lights up or not I don't believe it does but could be wrong.

Lee704

Original Poster:

35 posts

126 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Cheers guys, I shall get it regassed if needed this afternoon and hope this fixes it. Will let you know how I get on. Would be great to have it working as next week driving to Germany in it!!

Mr Cerbera

5,031 posts

229 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Mr. Dullo asks....
"Where's the easiest (reasonably priced) place to get regassed ?"
Ta !
wink

Lee704

Original Poster:

35 posts

126 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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I've got it booked in to Kwik Fit this afternoon....fingers crossed lol. They sound like they do quite alot, hope so for £69.95, plus they do a free check first off to see if the system does actually work

Gray_101

1,118 posts

189 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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I drove my Cerb today for the first time since November .... I went for the air con which has always worked and nothing.

So I dropped into halfrauds and they topped the system up for £34 .

It just remains to see if it holds the gas

Lee704

Original Poster:

35 posts

126 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Mine is confirmed that it's got a leak, so no charge. Now its booked in to someone else so they can try and find the leak......and then I'll be off to Halfords too lol

Vee8ight

734 posts

138 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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The light will still come on regardless if the aircon has gas or if it's been removed!
You need to get the heater controls fixed first

Tanguero

4,535 posts

200 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Vee8ight said:
The light will still come on regardless if the aircon has gas or if it's been removed!
You need to get the heater controls fixed first
Not on mine it doesn't! The light is only wired to come on when the compressor clutch is energised and the low pressure cut out switch prevents that from happening. No refrigerant - no light. If yours is doing anything different then it is probably faulty.

Gray_101

1,118 posts

189 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Tanguero said:
Not on mine it doesn't! The light is only wired to come on when the compressor clutch is energised and the low pressure cut out switch prevents that from happening. No refrigerant - no light. If yours is doing anything different then it is probably faulty.
That was nt the case on mine today.... Blue light turn on and off with the switch ... But the compressor only kicked in when it was re filled with gas

N7GTX

7,823 posts

142 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Gray_101 said:
Tanguero said:
Not on mine it doesn't! The light is only wired to come on when the compressor clutch is energised and the low pressure cut out switch prevents that from happening. No refrigerant - no light. If yours is doing anything different then it is probably faulty.
That wasnt the case on mine today.... Blue light turn on and off with the switch ... But the compressor only kicked in when it was re filled with gas
Same for me, light has always worked even without any gas and I would have thought the pressure switch would only disable the compressor to prevent damage.

Vee8ight

734 posts

138 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Tanguero said:
Vee8ight said:
The light will still come on regardless if the aircon has gas or if it's been removed!
You need to get the heater controls fixed first
Not on mine it doesn't! The light is only wired to come on when the compressor clutch is energised and the low pressure cut out switch prevents that from happening. No refrigerant - no light. If yours is doing anything different then it is probably faulty.
All things being TVR, there's a good chance some are wired differently. On my car, the button puts the light on and enables power to the Aircon. On my bro in laws car, push the button and after 3 secs or so the light comes on, so possibly a check light saying the Aircon is working?

Lee704

Original Poster:

35 posts

126 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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Found out today that i've got a small leak in the air con radiator. Has anyone replaced one before and is it just a case of taking radiator out first, or does half the front end have to come off??
Also curious if there is an equivilent part, or is it just a main dealer part?
Thanks

Tanguero

4,535 posts

200 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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You should be able to just take out the water radiator and the air box scoop to get to the AC rad. Be warned though the connections can be very tight indeed to undo and quite awkward to get a spanner on to when it comes to tightening up the new one.

I got my replacement from http://www.adrad.co.uk/ for around £120

If your AC has had a leak for some time you will also want to replace the receiver/drier unit that lives in the front passenger side wing below the headlight. Only costs about £25 from the usual suspects so its worth doing while you have it apart.

Lee704

Original Poster:

35 posts

126 months

Saturday 26th July 2014
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Cool thank you!! Going to leave it till after I get back from Germany now, and just suffer the heat. Would be a rush to get it done, and then if I get any problems I'd be stuffed. Anyone got a fan I can borrow biggrin