If I recall, the one these guys are marketing as a replacement for the stock condenser is a four- pass, which would effectively double the surface area of the condenser.
I hope I wasn't giving the impression that the cross flow aspect was a big deal, as it really doesn't matter which way the refrigerant flows, it's more about surface area and heat transfer. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Jun 13, 2016, at 10:02 AM, MG via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I think that what you guys are talking about are parallel flow condensers vs. > single channel serpentine and multi channel serpentine flow condensers. All > that cross flow means is the freon moves in a perpendicular flow pattern to > the air running through the condenser. All condensers that I am aware of in > cars have the freon moving either from one side of the car to the other. The > air always moves from front to back through the condenser or in a > perpendicular pattern to the freon flow. The original condensers on our cars > are multi channel cross flow condensers. The new ones that are up to 33% more > efficient are the parallel cross flow condensers. > > I think that cross flow in regards to advertising to sell condensers is just > a buzz-word used by some companies to make it seem that they have something > better then others since as I said they are all cross flow if they are used > in a car. I don't even remember ever seeing any evaporators that are not > cross flow. Come to think of it a parallel flow evaporator could probably > help as much in our cars vs the multichannel ones that are in there now. I'll > have to see if someone makes a replacement. > > Manfred >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 17:06:52 -0400 >> From: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> >> These are the guys who make the W123 conversion kits: >> http://www.klimakit.com/about/ <http://www.klimakit.com/about/> >> Doesn?t look like they?ve done much for a while. I may drop them a note >> about a crossflow condenser for the 350SDL. >> Dan >>> On Jun 12, 2016, at 4:59 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> The cross flow condensers on the later cars are much more efficient with >>> 134. I have heard they have aftermarket ones available for the older cars. >>> That would make a big difference I would think. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
