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Leon van Dommelen :) Bozo, the White 96 Sebring Miata .)
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EXIT THE INTERSTATES (Jamie Jensen)
> He may be like the building manager at work. One sunny August,
> he thought up the idea of testing the heating system for three
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> Leon
Well, in reading through the owner's manual of my 2005 it says to run
the a/c every month (for x period of time) to keep the seals lubricated.
I don't think I ever did that in my 90 (maybe why the a/c stopped
working late in life)... I just can't seem to find the nerve to run the
a/c for a while in the winter. Granted now that I'm in las vegas and
it's 65+ degrees it's more bearable than when I was in WI, NE, & MD in
winters...
-alex-
Leon van Dommelen - 07 Jan 2006 01:45 GMT
>> He may be like the building manager at work. One sunny August,
>> he thought up the idea of testing the heating system for three
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>it's 65+ degrees it's more bearable than when I was in WI, NE, & MD in
>winters...
Isn't it just as good to run it as an heater? I don't know the details,
but I would assume they just run the cycle backwards, instead of it
being a separate unit.
Leon

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Leon van Dommelen :) Bozo, the White 96 Sebring Miata .)
rammm@dommelen.net http://www.dommelen.net/miata
EXIT THE INTERSTATES (Jamie Jensen)
Lanny Chambers - 07 Jan 2006 02:32 GMT
> Well, in reading through the owner's manual of my 2005 it says to run
> the a/c every month (for x period of time) to keep the seals lubricated.
> I don't think I ever did that in my 90 (maybe why the a/c stopped
> working late in life)... I just can't seem to find the nerve to run the
> a/c for a while in the winter.
Why not? The heater has hot coolant flowing through it all the time, and
the "temperature" control just mixes hot and cold air to suit. With the
A/C on, simply twist the temp knob a little higher.
While I rarely use the A/C on my '94 to stay cool, I've run it for 5
minutes every couple of weeks year round since I bought the car in 1997,
and it's never needed service. Same with my 1985 Accord, bought new.

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