Yes, but AC systems in households often times have other fail safe
mechanism that car ACs don't.

For example, the AC in my household has a failsafe that will disable
the compressor, if there is insufficient air flow (low pressure)
(usually caused by a dirty air filter).

I've had cases of an AC in the house having too little refrigerant, and
causing the condensation to freeze on the evaporator. This, in turn,
blocked the airflow from the AC system. Note that, in my house at
least, the low pressure failsafe wasn't triggered because of
this...there was plenty of air pressure...it just couldn't get through
the evaporator. A recharge of refrigerant fixed the problem.

On Jul 22, 2005, at 5:32 PM, Jason Kirk wrote:

> If the air conditioning in my Vanagon were apparently working, but the
> air wasn't coming out cold, one would assume that it needed to be
> recharged with refrigerant. Does the air conditioner in my home work
> the
> same way? Does it need to be "recharged"?