Re: re A/C recirc question

[ScottyCBoy@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/22/99, 12:00:08 PM, rochow@pixelmagic.com writes:
<<>>only works with the A/C turned on. This annoys me. I would like to
>>rewire the switch for Recirc so that I can turn it on and have it
>>activate the recirc flap independent of the A/C. The concept holds no
>>
>>I figure there must be one wire coming off the A/C switch that powers
>>the switch for Recirc, if I can figure out which wire that is, I could
>>cut it from the A/C switch and run switched ignition power to it, so
>>that I could activate it any time the ignition is on.
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>a pain to rewire it.  You have to remove the center console parts to get to
>the back of the switches.  You also have to pick up +12 somewhere there.  

IF it's indeed all electrical, and the A/C switch switches 12V to a wire 
going 
to the recirc. switch, shouldn't 12V be freely available where they go *into*
the A/C switch? Even if those 12V are switched by something else, too
(e.g. ignition), it doesn't matter, as the A/C switch is all you're trying to
bridge.
So it should just be a matter of moving 1 wire from 1 pin to another.
>>


The recirc can be made to work wiht the A/C off but the Recirc must be on for 
the A/C system to be functional. Air is drawn through the evap when the 
recirc door is closed, when it is open air is drawn from the outside, and 
with the A/C on and the door open the evap freezes up rather quickly (because 
there is no air moving across the evap). The door can be wired to be selected 
with the A/C off but with the A/C on the door must be closed.

Scott