shortgrain
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- Mazda, Protege5,2003
Ok kinda gonna be a multi layered question here... Ive read all the write ups on how various people have addressed the flickering and on/off compressor thing and I bought some stuff to do the resistor fix but havent really had time to so Ive basically just been grumpily crimping the contacts and thats been not working very well. Ive thought about the soldering thing but well the issue for me now is Ive lost the back of the switch behind the dash somewhere! [emoji2357]. So grabbed some spare wire from a spare light switch for my house and rigged up this little thing with some spade? connectors etc. I am perfectly ready to be flamed for this but with a bit of wiggling it has seems to work ok so far? Long winded but my question is .. am I going to start a fire? The wires dont seem to be hot right now but during the hot day (Tucson) 104 today, they were pretty hot even connected before I lost the switch. Im kinda close to actually considering trying to rig up the light switch thing I see posted here cuz basically idgaf at this point? Also second side question is it normal for say 104 today my ac literally will not cool below 55 to 65 fluctuating , even while driving until almost 15 to 25 minutes of driving and if I stop even in the shade it will not get below 57 or so. Seems fully charged? No compressor cycling or anything. Is this normal for this car or do I have a problem ( expansion valve, evaporator, clog somewhere? Im getting from a recharge can gauge about 40 psi ~ when the internet tells me I should be around 50+ for an ambient temp of 105? 57 degrees at the vent is just not cool for this type of heat outside? I have other vehicles and past cars and they seem to get to about 45 within a few minutes most of the time? Apologize for the rant and long post! I really suck at this stuff and most of my fixes are super ghetto but just always appreciate and real knowledge about these things. Thank you!
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