Hey All!
Does anyone know anything about installing air conditioning into a 55SX?

probably cost as much as the cars worth......just open the window

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I like a challenge

there are companies that fit aircon- my dad was after it for an old car (but never got it done). probably best to look through yellows and fing a company that does it..???
ur not thinkin of fitting it urself are you[?]!!!!

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I wish it got hot enough to need aircon in Nottingham more than twice a year lol!

Surely the easiest way would be to find a scrap yard with a suitable donor car and use all the parts from that? Hell of a job for 2 days a year!

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I wouldn't be without aircon now, had it too long in a lot of cars I owned. I can't remember the last drive I drove with the sunroofs open or windows down.

I suppose it helps having my Ulysse with multi-zone climate control - every day is a 20.5 degree day!

But i guess you do a lot of mileage and comfort is important? Also if you pay that sort of money it better be a nice car and be as comfort as possible. ALl i was trying to say is that its proper use when actually needed is limited. My mum's laguna has Air-con and although it's nice to have, we're in England! lol

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Actually, most of the mileage I do is in my Ford Mondeo - aargh! But that has air-con [not climate control [V]].

In reality, air-con is only needed on a handful of days, as you said, whereas climate control is used everyday!

We do travel a lot around the UK, we wanted it last year, but never really thought about it So this year, we want air con & we want a challenge! So we would like to do the majority ourselves! Anyways..the amount of time we spend travelling in the summer, air con would be great!

you can get the parts from a donor car,may be worth buying a whole write off car as you never know what little differences there will be and its always easier with the two cars together.outwith that you will still need to get the system pressurised by an air-con company.still think it would be easier to sell your car and by one with OE air con

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It probably would be easier, but selling the car isnt on the menu, so to speak! I know about getting the system pressurised, just wondered if anyone has installed one.

Wouldnt a aircon take the last little power out of the little puntoengine?

Yes, it would, but I believe that small cars have a small aircon unit to prevent total loss of power...!

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could you not get one of them 12 volt fridges and leave the door of it open

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lol. That was a supposed "trick question" at Oxford Engineering interviews I read about...!

"Will a room get cooler, hotter or remain the same if a fridge door is left open?"

Paul

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Originally posted by pghstochaj
lol. That was a supposed "trick question" at Oxford Engineering interviews I read about...!

"Will a room get cooler, hotter or remain the same if a fridge door is left open?"

Paul

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what was the answer then[?]
EDIT missus just asked is the fridge switched on?
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lol, unfortunately not as simple as that.

A fridge works by having a kind of heat sink at the back, sort of like a radiator on a car. It takes out heat from the inside of the fridge (evaporator?) and this heat is lost through the back in the heat sink (condenser?).

Therefore, if the door is open, it takes heat out of the room and adds it back into the room as the system is an "open system". Because nothing is 100% efficient, it heats up whilst taking the heat out and replacing it into the room. Infact it is actually warmer than what was taken out and hence the room will infact warm up.

I wish they had asked me one of those, then instead asked me for the integral of 3/2e^3/2x^2 *2sin^2 (8/3x)

oh well, Ox isn't for me anyway lol.

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Glad to see they gave you the easier question then, Paul......

I was going to say 'stays the same' for the fridge question, coz it is just a heat exchange. I forgot about inefficiencies! It has been a long time since A-levels - 1990 me thinks. Scary! And no, I didn't go to Oxbridge.

3/2e^3/2x^2 *2sin^2 (8/3x) = 1 (1 confused dave that is)
so if the girl above wants aircon she would have to stick the back of the fridge out of the window and seal the gap then leave the door open.
see we aint going off topic as usual

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I am the King of going off topic I am sure not many mind lol.

Yes Dave, correct, fridge heatsink outside would work great lol.

I failed on oxford because they gave me maths questions in a module we didn't start until 2 weeks after!

LOL, i was very confused too...

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