disable automatic A/C feature

prey4villains

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Back when I had my Spec-V, someone over at b15sentra.net posted a how-to on how to disable the a/c compressor from turning on whenever you switched the climate controls to defrost. obviously, you don't ALWAYS need the a/c running whenever you put on the defroster so it was a nice little way of saving some gas and whatever other positives come from not running the a/c. Does anyone know if this is possible with the cobalts?

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How To: Disable Automatic A/C "Feature" without electrical modification - B15sentra.net - Nissan Sentra Forum
 

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Interesting idea. All the pictures are broken but the idea might still work.
 

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i love the idea! i dislike the clutch popping in & out constantly in the winter lol

i s'pose the potential prob is that the ac supposedly needs to cycle every now & then to keep the seals healthy & lubed up. i'd imagine it may loose a little bit of life if it goes six months every year without being used. but i don't know that for fact...
 

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It shouldn't, my AC doesn't get run a whole lot.
 
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Yea I guess when I get a new headunit (or have some time to screw around with this idea) I'll take a look and see if there's anything resembling the switch that was used in the sentras. I remember exactly what it looked like since I did end up doing this mod and it worked wonderfully.

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here's a picture of the switch; it's the small black object on the bottom right. Notice the metal flap or whatever and the orange button underneath; all you needed was a ziptie in between the metal piece and the switch itself and it would prevent the button from being depressed.
 

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Ah. Yeah we don't have that. I'm pretty sure our stuff all runs through the BCM.

Though there might be a trace on the HVAC board that would do the same thing if you cut it.
 
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