What is an Air Conditioning System?

Air conditioning is a term referring to any process or system that controls the temperature, humidity, cleanliness, and movement of indoor air. When the weather is hot, it cools the air. When the weather is cold, it warms the air. It also adds or removes moisture to and from the air as needed. By controlling air movement, air conditioning is able to remove dust and dirt by bringing fresh air into a space and pushing stale air out. An air conditioning system is any mechanism designed to stabilize and control the condition of the air in a given space, most commonly in buildings, cars, and other forms of public and private transportation. The first known form of air conditioning is said to have been developed in Ancient Rome. Aqueduct water was circulated within the walls of luxurious Roman estates to keep them cool. A different system was used in medieval Persia, involving the use of pools and fans. Cisterns, or large man-made pools, were placed in central locations such as courtyards ...  more

In an air conditioning system like you have in your car, the condenser is in front of the car radiator and the forward motion of your car causes air to flow across it cooling the gaseous and pressurized Freon sufficiently to change it back to a liquid state. When to service your air conditioning system? The main thing that happens to all automotive air conditioning systems is that it looses Freon very slowly . A standard auto air system contains around three pounds of liquid Freon.  more