Air Conditioning

[Pete Masterson]

Yes, a florescent dye was used in the recharge process. The service
provider claimed to have carefully examined the system and did not
find any leaks. Between the time the PO traded the coach in and I
bought it, it had sat on various dealer lots for about 6 months -- so
the initial recharge may have reflected loss of refrigerant due to
failure to run the system.

As I recall from several autos I've owned, you're supposed to run the
AC (in winter) every 30 days or so to keep seals tight so the
refrigerant doesn't leak out. I may have failed to do this during
this past winter as I did not keep track of the dates that I
"exercised" the coach and I may have forgotten to turn on the AC
(which is easy to forget when it's 45 degrees out side...)

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
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On May 31, 2008, at 8:56 PM, Don Bradner wrote:

> Did they put dye in yours when charging? I can see how that can be/
> will be a great help in finding a leak, if I have one other than
> what I already knew about and they fixed.
>
> On 5/31/2008 at 5:58 PM Pete Masterson wrote:
>
>> When I got my coach, the PO had converted the chassis AC to R134a but
>> it wasn't working. When I had my radiator work done, I also had the
>> AC serviced. Took $$$ of R134a. Worked ok, but not great. <snip>