PROBLEM SOLVED! So this morning woke up and rushed to my garage with a FULLY charged battery. Immediately turned on the AC... and voila! I have a hurricane like air flow coming out of the front vents! I'm guessing the mechanics in the shop were just charging the battery just enough to get the motor started and that was not sufficient to power the AC to its normal capacity. Thanks again MV99 for your very insightful inputs here!
Now on to the next issue

why my battery is discharging

and having this increased battery discharge error! You can't win them all! haha. TY!