AC Weirdness

[Eric Langheinrich]

The AC on my '96 A6 has some gremlins. As I'm driving along, it will cycle
on and off. The little snowflake indicator on the climate control even goes
off. At first I was thinking it may be the throwdown switch being a little
hyper sensitive, but it doesn't seem to matter if I'm accelerating hard,
soft, or not at all. After a ~30 seconds it will turn itself back on. Any
ideas? Should I be scared of this trip to the shop?

Thank you,

Eric