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Old 11-18-2009, 11:08 AM
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....the guy wrapped his AC compressor with pipe insulation?
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would this increase cooling efficiency?
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I don't understand how that would help anything.
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I would think it might be detrimental to the compressor by not letting it cool off when it needs to.
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I think he was trying to keep the engine heat off it, maybe thought it would blow colder, couldn't hurt.
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I would think it might be detrimental to the compressor by not letting it cool off when it needs to.

Exactly, could cause the compressor to retain to much heat and shorten it's life.
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