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AIR CONDITIONING AT DOHERTY'S GARAGE

 

Modern Air Conditioning Systems require yearly servicing and maintenance in order to maintain performance. Vehicle manufacturers now recommend a regular service to maintain the efficiency of the system and ensure the reliable running of your vehicle.

 

 

Most people don’t know where to get the kind of specialist advice and service required. Main dealers can be expensive. Many independent garages don't have the facilities to deal with the problems sometimes associated with car air conditioning systems.

What a Service Involves

 

Initial System Testing - Vent temperatures and

gauge pressures are checked against

recommended levels. A refrigerant identifier

is used at this stage to verify system content

 

Recovery of system refrigerant - This is

recovered and weighed

 

Checking of system and related components

This includes drive belts, pipes and hoses,

evaporator drain tube, pollen filter,

condenser and electrics

 

Check heater and control flap operations 

 

Replace compressor oil level and replace

drier if necessary. (Bi annual service only)

 

System evacuation - A vacuum is applied to

remove moisture and air which can

damage the system

 

Charging - Recommended gas and

oil charges are added following thorough

 leak checking

Doherty's Garage is the simple cost effective,

professional solution to customers’ needs.

 

Our system allows us to test and service a vehicle’s air conditioning system here at Doherty's Garage or your home or place of work, in fact anywhere  that suits you. We service systems at the fraction of cost and time that a normal main dealer would require.
Most people will be aware that air conditioning cools the air entering the driving compartment. On hot summer days this means that you arrive at your journey's end as cool, calm and collected as is possible!  In actual fact the benefits of air conditioning certainly go beyond this. Air conditioning does three things worth keeping in mind at all times through the year, it cools, dries and filters the air. With many people suffering from hay fever and other allergies, it is perhaps not surprising that more and more people are discovering the value of air conditioning. Air conditioning allows for a comfortable and controlled driving environment.  The removal of pollen particles is just one of the significant benefits enjoyed by drivers of air conditioned vehicles.

 

It is hard to explain things accurately and keep them simple.  It is best to view the drying and filtering process as useful 'side effects' of the cooling process.  Firstly, the air to be cooled - passes through a pollen filter.  As the air is cooled in the air conditioning system it is no longer able to carry as much moisture. This condenses in small droplets on the very cold fins inside the evaporator box. The principle is the same as the one which causes bathroom windows to mist up. Even if the air is subsequently heated it enters the driving compartment much drier. Any pollen particles or other allergens which were still carried in the air will stick to the wet fins and so be prevented from entering the driving compartment. The moisture, and the allergens, then simply drop away on to the road surface. Air conditioning allows you to travel in your own 'clean air' environment.

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