Attached to the A/Cs evaporator is a freeze sensor. Its job is to detect there is ice forming on the evaporator's fins and signals the computer to turn off the compressor (the snowflake disappears) for 4 minutes. Technically the freeze sensor turns the compressor off when the fins reach 34 degrees and back on when after 4 minutes. The most common problem is the freeze sensor is not attached to average temp fin but placed close to a fin close to expansion valve. Low airflow in humid cabin air can also cause this problem.
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Jim & Roy Davis
2016 Hurricane 31S
1961 Rampside in tow
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