General Tech Help Good at troubleshooting? Have a non specific issue? Discuss general tech topics here.
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

A/C compressor not kicking on

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
  #1  
Old 04-23-2009, 06:20 PM
zachyzissou's Avatar
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location:
Posts: 109
Default A/C compressor not kicking on

Here are two posts from another thread i posted in. i hope you can gather what you need from here.

"After installing a new headunit everything in my car worked perfectly, about one month after the air conditioner would no longer come on. the screen on the stock hu still works and the little bars light up for the fan speed as well as the temp its at but no air. I took it to a local shop and they told me it was something to do with the aftermarket head unit.

yeah i still have the stock HU and an aftermarket one in the cubby hole. I've now taken it to both places and neither could figure it out. At the audio place he said he tested the compressors fuse and the amount of power going through the fuse was very faint. And the auto repair place said the compressor wasn't getting any power at all."
 
  #2  
Old 04-24-2009, 11:02 PM
hondadude's Avatar
Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Fayetteville, AR
Posts: 2,170
Default

I'm going to take a wild guess that there is a ground backfeed.
12V pos + 12v pos = ZERO volts [potential difference]
I've seen this several times where a 'hot' wire is touching somewhere yet there is enough resistance to keep from blowing a fuse and the positive voltage backfeeds up a ground wire.
In any event I'd recommend you have a schematic [ETM] on hand and check to see if this circuit is controlled thru the multi-plex unit.
 
  #3  
Old 04-25-2009, 01:18 AM
zachyzissou's Avatar
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location:
Posts: 109
Default

thanks for the response butt the honda dealership found it to be a bad transistor and its all solved now.
 
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
jmattick
General Tech Help
1
01-25-2011 06:37 PM
dwsides
General Tech Help
3
07-31-2010 03:34 PM
hbright42591
General Tech Help
16
07-26-2010 12:49 PM
ckeathley
General Tech Help
3
05-19-2009 10:44 PM



Quick Reply: A/C compressor not kicking on



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:30 AM.