Course Description
The student will describe the theory of heat transfer, forms of matter, refrigerant cycle, and operating principles of certain hardware peculiar to the automotive air conditioning system. The student will apply these fundamentals in testing, repairing, disassembling, and assembling exercises on components of these systems in the automotive laboratory. System conversion from R-12 to R134a also will be covered.
Course Fee
$90
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Evaluate and determine needed repairs to A/C system.
- Diagnose the temperature control problems in the heater/ventilation system.
- Determine needed repairs.
- Evaluate and determine mechanical failures in the HVAC system.
- Evaluate and determine electrical failures in the HVAC system.
- Describe refrigerant storage, labeling, testing and recycling.
General Education Distribution Area
AAS Technical Elective