Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 11:02:17 -1000
Reply-To: Mick Kalber <hotlava@interpac.net>
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From: Mick Kalber <hotlava@interpac.net>
Subject: 89 syncro westy ac question
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So, Mark Dorm got me thinking yesterday... perhaps the freon that was in the
system when I took it in for repair (there was about 2 12 pounds) was bad.
It was God knows how old. Can freon go bad over time, lose it's charge, or
it's good as long as it hasn't leaked out? If it was bad, that might
explain why the tech couldn't get cold air until he added an additional
three pounds of "good" freon to the system. He put the old freon back in
the system, then began to add the new. Techie says no... if it's present,
it's good, it it's missing, it's bad. Can't be there and be bad. Using
R-12 by the way.
Whadayathinkabouthat?
Mick Kalber
Tropical Visions Video, Inc.
62 Halaulani Place Hilo, Hawaii 96720
ph. 808-935-5557 fax 808-935-0066
hotlava@interpac.net
www.volcanoscapes.com
-----Original Message-----
From: BenTbtstr8@aol.com [mailto:BenTbtstr8@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 11:05 PM
To: hotlava@interpac.net; vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: 89 syncro westy ac up and running
In a message dated 8/14/00 10:03:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
hotlava@interpac.net writes:
<< apparently the ac saga is complete... ac guy finally got it cooling
today.
Strange part was... he says it's a 3 pound system, but it took six pounds
of
freon (used R-12... Freeze-12 not available here in Hawaii) to get it to
cool. What's up with that? Not sure what made it start working all of a
sudden (must have charged it and evacuated it six times), but he says it
was
not cooling until right up to the point when he added the last half pound.
Is that normal? Also, he says he's still seeing bubbles indicating that it
could even take more freon... whadayathink? >>
Mick,
I just had my recently acquired Syncro serviced at my local AC repair
center.
They said it's a 3 lb. system. It took just three pounds. Now it's super
cold. This was just done this morning.
BenT
San Francisco
Mick Kalber
Tropical Visions Video, Inc.
62 Halaulani Place Hilo, Hawaii 96720
ph. 808-935-5557 fax 808-935-0066
hotlava@interpac.net
www.volcanoscapes.com
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