[DML] Re: AC quits working when the car stops moving?

["Harold McElraft" <hmcelraft@xxxx>]

Andrew

If the car voltage drops that much you may have a bad battery or a 
battery that is very run down. Batteries take a lot more time to 
charge than people think. The alternator could be weak also. If the 
battery is not 12.6 volts at all systems off, then it is bad or 
under-charged. It could also be that a ground is not good. There is 
the cable ground from the battery of course, then the ground strap 
at the motor mount, and the really troublesome one on the frame 
going to the central ground connection in the connection box in the 
engine compartment and coming out in the car behind the backboard 
above the relay compartment. The positive cable and/or wires could 
be troubled connections too.

You will find it eventually. Keep testing.

Harold McElraft - 3354


For the
> time being, though, the AC clutch seems to be staying engaged 
almost all
> the time it should. It's sometimes not holding when the engine 
drops to
> idle, but it grabs again as soon as I start moving.
> 
> -andrew
> #4115
> Houston TX