Back to work!
I had to go deliver a print to a customer. It is 95 degrees outside now. I cranked up the AC on the Elky and get my wonderful 38 degree air in huge gobs of air flow.
I was curious just how the accumulator and orifice tube were looking. The large bottle is the accumulator, the lower horizontal pipe is where the orifice tube is, and the orifice tube is what turns the liquid into a vapor and makes the wonderful coldness. That flows right into the evaporator that the fan blows through into the cabin of the car. The tube is actually below freezing, and has white frost on it, in the engine compartment! The evaporator is just about freezing, but the fan keeps it above freeze up. Coming out the the evaporator the vapor goes to the accumulator, and as you can see, it is cold enough to gather condensation from the air, like a bottle of beer on a humid day. Even the pipe returning to the compressor is COLD. That helps keep the compressor cool.
I have to say the AC kicks butt in the tiny cabin of the El Camino. I love it!