what is the difference between a condenser coil and an evaporator coil?

Answer 1

In layman's terms:

Condensor is by the radiator. It takes heat that is in the A/C system and dissipates it to the outside air.

The evaporator is under the dash and absorbs the heat from inside your car to cool the car.

Answer 2

So pretty much what everyone failed to say, is that a refrigeration system works like this. Easiest part to start the loop would be at the compressor. So refrigerant is being put under so much pressure, ideally what a compressor does best, and forces this warm pressurized vapor into the condenser, in most cases outside beside your home. As you may notice throwing your t shirt over the blower and feel like superman, that it gives off heat. This is where the refrigerant rapidly, "cooling" per say. But now turning into a high pressure liquid refrigerant. As it travels toward the inside of your house, to a coil located inside the venting system, just above your furnace, is called the evaporator. But just before the evaporator there is something called a metering device. This causes the refrigeration to go through a tiny pinhole tube, instantaneously turning the refrigerant to a low pressure liquid. This causes, a very cold refrigerant thew the evaporator where a a blower motor/fan pushes air threw the fins. At this point by the end of the evaporator, you ll have little or none liquid refrigerant left, as it picks up more heat and starts the process yet again. This is just starching the surface, but hope it clears a few things!

Answer 3

Evaporator Vs Condenser

Answer 4

Condenser Vs Evaporator

Answer 5

the condensor coil comes right after the compressor and cools the compressed refrigerant then it goes through an oriface that holds the presssssure on the one side and releases it to less pressure vaporizing it and causing the cooling of the tube. then to the evaporator coil under the dash, blowing air past the cooled tubes and over your beer can. returning to the compressor to do it all over again.

Answer 6

You’re right but it would take excessive maintenance to keep the coil free of deposits and other contaminants, paying for the water and the electric makes it a losing proposition. You're better off getting under some shade.

Answer 7

We all know what these coils do ? The question is what is the structural difference between these two coils ? can one for instance for any reason use one instead of the other ?

Answer 8

for example in a refrigerator :
evaporator is inside the ref
and condenser is the outside the ref

Answer 9

condensor is if front of the car and removes heat from the system, the evaporator is what cools your car down.