The inner blower fan is the one that pushes the air and not the radiator fan.
asked Feb 26, 2017 at 16:00
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In a nutshell: The radiator fan comes on so the A/C works at its highest efficiency.
The A/C condenser (the part which sits in front of the coolant radiator) is a heat exchanger. If air isn't flowing over it, it won't exchange the heat it needs get rid of so the A/C core inside the vehicle can become cold and make you comfortable. If the fan didn't come on, you'd still be warm inside. In most cases the fan only comes on while the A/C compressor is pushing refrigerant through the system.
answered Feb 26, 2017 at 20:52
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Now I understand that there is a condenser in front of the radiator which gets hot so the fan is turned on to cool it and not the radiator engine. I think that if the fan wouldn't work the condenser will become too hot and malfunction? Apr 7, 2019 at 13:33
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@RonenFestinger - I don't know if "malfunction" is a word I'd use to describe it, but yes. It won't work correctly if the fan isn't running. (I guess that's more or less semantics, but hopefully you get the point.)– Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 ♦Apr 7, 2019 at 13:41
Does this occur always or only when it's very hot? Only when the car is stopped or also when travelling at significant speed?
The A/C system cannot make the heat vanish due to laws related to the conservation of energy, it can only move it somewhere from inside the car. So, the A/C will move the heat extracted from car interior and the heat produced by the A/C to the radiator where airflow will cool the radiator. If the car is not moving and it's very hot outside, there is no way to cool the radiator except by operating the fan.
Operating the fan is a decision with many variables, and in a well-designed system it happens when hot outside and not moving, and perhaps after a delay (the radiator doesn't get hot immediately). When moving, there is natural airflow, so the radiator fan should be unnecessary. If it's cold outside (but not so could that it would prevent using the A/C), natural convection should cool the radiator adequately.
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The condenser fan (if it has a dedicated fan) or the radiator fan most always comes in (with AC on) when the compressor discharge pressure (or, alternatively, the liquid line one; look for where a sensor or a switch is located on the high pressure line) rises over an operative threshold. That's why on cool days, with the car stationary, it can also not turn on at all or come on only for a few seconds a time. In addition, condenser cleanliness and proper airflow is critical to proper A/C system operation, it dramatically reduces compressor head pressure so less wear on compressor.– Al_Jun 9, 2018 at 8:51
Well the short answer is yes. The A/C requires the fan to run as part of the heat exchange process. The A/C runs on a separate circuit and is triggered by A/C system. The engine cooling system is normally triggered by the temp control sensor/sending unit or ECM/PCM depending on system, but virtually works under the same premise. Once it reaches a 200 plus or minus depending on vehicle the fan will kick on.
Many single electric fan systems normally have a high and low. A/C on triggers a high fan or hard running engine can do the same. Normally operation with A/C off fan will cycle in low as required by the engine temp spec requirements.
Others have 2 fans and one is strictly for A/C
