I was told by a couple of shops that the reason they didn't want to fool with R12 in any way was because they had only one recovery unit and didn't want to contaminate it with two different refrigerants and associated other fluids. Kinds made sense at the time - but then I don't know that much about the issue. John On 5/10/2013 10:17 AM, Stephen Grisanti wrote: > " But oddly enough it's not illegal to top off a known leaky system even though you are indirectly doing the same thing!" > May not be illegal but it seems like "responsible" shops refuse to do it. Even the guys who gave me the scary-high repair estimate would not top off the original R12 and send me on my way with the bill for that fix. That is what prompted me to try the cheapo R134a conversion in the first place. > Stephen > > --- On Thu, 5/9/13, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> wrote: > > From: Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> > Subject: Re: A/C tools question > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 10:24 PM > > When R12 was more common I used to borrow a friend's setup & give him the reclaimed R12 for the trouble. These days I would have a shop pull a vacuum. > > Just remember a "empty" R12 system is still full of R12, it's just R12 at atmospheric pressure of ~14.6 PSI. And it's just as illegal to intentionally vent that gas into the atmosphere as it is to vent pressurized gas into the atmosphere. But oddly enough it's not illegal to top off a known leaky system even though you are indirectly doing the same thing! > > Thanks, Tom Hargrave > www.stir-plate.com > www.towercooler.com > www.kegkits.com > www.grow-sun.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Todd Last > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 10:21 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: A/C tools question > > For those who work on their A/C, how do you recover the refrigerant and evacuate the system so you can do repairs? > Does anyone own their own A/C recovery unit? Or do you take it to the local A/C shop? > > What are the best strategies & what are the favorite tools? > For example, if you need to replace the compressor - what it the best DIY strategy? > > BTW - if you want to buy R-12 you have to get EPA609 certification. > http://www.epatest.com/609/ > > > thanks, > Todd > '88 Westy > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6310 - Release Date: 05/09/13 > |
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