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
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