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marcsbigfoot20b
Aug 03, 2017Explorer
The higher the ambient temp, the less cooling you get on the condenser. This means the high side pressure and somewhat low side will be higher. That means the compressor has to pump against a higher pressure which takes more power.
The higher the ambient temp, the less dense the air. Engines lose power the hotter the intake air. At a certain point at full throttle the rpms will simply be lower than it needs to be at rated power which means less amps/power.
As far as 20 degrees delta (difference) between AC INTAKE air and AC output air is "generally" about 20 degrees after the unit has run a while and "stabilized".
Ambient temp does not have that much to do with actual duct output temp after it stabilizes. In 122 degrees my 13.5 will blow 55 degrees with 79 intake air in the TT.
The higher the ambient temp, the less dense the air. Engines lose power the hotter the intake air. At a certain point at full throttle the rpms will simply be lower than it needs to be at rated power which means less amps/power.
As far as 20 degrees delta (difference) between AC INTAKE air and AC output air is "generally" about 20 degrees after the unit has run a while and "stabilized".
Ambient temp does not have that much to do with actual duct output temp after it stabilizes. In 122 degrees my 13.5 will blow 55 degrees with 79 intake air in the TT.
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