Living in Phoenix, I've used the AC every month of the year.  The heat gets
used for a few minutes in the morning in Dec - Feb, and when we visit our
Northern neighbors.

That said, when the estimate to repair the AC went over a thousand bux, we
decided it just wasn't worth it for the minimal amount of cooling we got,
even when the van was new.

We sweat more now.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|george jannini
|Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 7:30 AM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: Inoperative front blower issue.
|
|Max Wellhouse wrote:
|
|>>...You gotta figure that the rear AC motors have many dozens of fewer
|hours on them than the front one, at least for the northern vehicles...<<
|
|  Your disclaimer is totally on the mark, Max.  We live in Atlanta,
|Georgia, and theheater blower, which has been tetchy for quite a
|while, (squeek!) has multi many fewer hours on it than our AC blowers,
|which get used much more oftener. <G>
|
|  In fact, we've been able to get by for years with an absent rear
|heater and the  footwell ducts in the front are taped shut, but are we
|willing to spend whatever it takes to keep that AC blowing cold.
|
| I should probably mention that we're transplanted New Englanders.
|
|George & Jo/ATL
|Grammar fugitives