{"id":363018,"date":"2018-05-27T14:11:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T13:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/chilling-out-lewrockwell\/"},"modified":"2018-05-27T14:11:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T13:11:53","slug":"chilling-out-lewrockwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/chilling-out-lewrockwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilling Out – LewRockwell"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Air conditioning has become standard equipment because there\u2019s no longer an\u00a0alternative\u00a0way to cool off the passenger cabin. Cars used to come standard with under-dash vents you could open up to get airflow \u2013 and, of course, wing vent windows. This made a car without AC livable and even comfortable as well as less expensive, since you could go without the cost of the then-optional AC and the higher cost of feeding the car, since AC is a power accessory that results in more fuel being used as well as a heavier car, which will also burn more fuel.<\/p>\n

As Inspector Clouseau used to say,\u00a0not anymore.<\/p>\n

AC is both unavoidable \u2013 and essential.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re utterly dependent on the now-standard AC to keep things cool. If the AC isn\u2019t working \u2013 or not working well \u2013 the car becomes a mobile Turkish steam bath.<\/p>\n

And unlivable.<\/p>\n

It can also be\u00a0needlessly<\/em>\u00a0expensive to return it to proper operation. With AC, small things \u2013 like a small leak, the gradual loss of refrigerant and the\u00a0lubricant<\/em>\u00a0inside the system \u2013 can lead to big things, such as a ruined compressor.
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And that can ruin your day.<\/p>\n

But what can you do to avoid problems like that \u2013 and keep things cool? Several things. The first thing being \u2013 and it\u2019s too late\u00a0now\u00a0\u2013 to regularly turn the AC on in the\u00a0winter<\/em>. This will circulate the lubricant within the system, which will help prevent leaks of refrigerant by keeping seals (O-rings and such) pliable. You do not have to freeze, either. You can run the AC without turning down the temperature. Adjust the temperature to as you like; just be sure the AC light is on. That means refrigerant \u2013 and lubricant \u2013 are circulating….<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Air conditioning has become standard equipment because there\u2019s no longer an\u00a0alternative\u00a0way to cool off the passenger cabin. Cars used to come standard with under-dash vents you could open up to get airflow \u2013 and, of course, wing vent windows. This made a car without AC livable and even comfortable as well as less expensive, since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-363018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}