Condensers

One the indispensable parts that must keep working on your auto air conditioning is the A/C condenser. You can easily locate this part if you’ll look under the hood of your car. The condenser is usually located in front of the radiator unless there have been a redesign in your car’s engine area. One must not mistake it, however, with the radiator, as the two look closely similar.

The air conditioning condenser does much of the same job for your automobile air conditioning system as the radiator does for the engine cooling system. While radiators keep the water circulating through the engine cool, condensers keep the refrigerant that is flowing through your car’s air conditioning system cool.

The condenser radiates the heat of the refrigerant, which is at most times a Freon gas, which was passed to it by the AC compressor, cools it and turns it into liquid form. The engine fan would usually aid in the cooling of the refrigerant, although an additional condenser fan would still be needed for front-wheel drive cars. The liquid refrigerant would still be warm but not as hot as the gas in the compressor. An expansion valve would further transform the liquid refrigerant into cold, gaseous form so that it could once again absorb the warm air inside your vehicle.

The A/C condenser is essential for the ventilation of your car’s interior, especially during hot summer days. So if the air conditioning condenser of your car failed, you better buy a new one and install it in your car. When installing an air conditioning condenser, it is a requirement to change the receiver dryer also.