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Old Jan 13, 2020 | 08:01 AM
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I have the dealer installed AC in my ‘77 F250 and was wondering if someone could tell me what this switch is for. One side of the switch runs to the AC pulley (?) and the other to a fuse. Both original ***** beside my glovebox work so I’m wondering what this would be. Thanks for any feedback.

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Old Jan 13, 2020 | 09:21 AM
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Looks like you can turn compressor on and off manually. Probably used it to bypass a problem to make clutch run
 
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Old Jan 13, 2020 | 09:50 AM
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Looks like you can turn compressor on and off manually. Probably used it to bypass a problem to make clutch run
I was thinking along those lines too. Would it matter if that switch is left on all the time or need to be turned off while the truck is off ?
 
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Old Jan 13, 2020 | 09:52 AM
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I think it will run your battery down. I have a motor mounted pump for my bale bed that basically uses an ac clutch to kick pump on and if I forget it on it kills my batteries
 
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Old Jan 13, 2020 | 01:40 PM
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I think it will run your battery down. I have a motor mounted pump for my bale bed that basically uses an ac clutch to kick pump on and if I forget it on it kills my batteries
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Old Jan 13, 2020 | 02:23 PM
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Does the fuse have power with key off? If not it, will not run your battery down. If it does have power with key off it will run our battery down.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2020 | 05:50 PM
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No power with key off, thanks gentlemen.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2020 | 07:03 PM
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You can't run the ac clutch off of a switch, it needs to run off a thermostat, and preferably have a pressure safety switch as well. The second **** is the thermostat, and there should be a pressure switch in the AC system. Some have a high pressure switch , and some also have a low pressure switch.

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Old Jan 15, 2020 | 07:02 AM
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You can't run the ac clutch off of a switch, it needs to run off a thermostat, and preferably have a pressure safety switch as well. The second **** is the thermostat, and there should be a pressure switch in the AC system. Some have a high pressure switch , and some also have a low pressure switch.

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The confusing thing to me is this past summer the few times I used the air it seemed to work fine that’s why I was confused about the switch. I know diddly about ac so was hoping I wasn’t hurting the system by not using it.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2020 | 09:58 AM
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A lot of people don't understand AC at all, I'm assuming the PO didn't like the fact the compressor was coming on and off so he hot wired a switch to keep it going. If it works now threw the thermostatic switch he didn't do any damage.

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