a/c type....
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From: bristol
a/c type....
hello again, today i called a local air con specialist and asked to re charge my system, he started going on and on about what types it had and what they can use etc etc etc, and said with out knowing this my bill would be approx $400!! so i suggested i would find out the type of gas they were and what they run these days, could any one help with this? he needs to know the type of gas it was, the type they can/now run on and the weight. for example r34 1200gms.
any help gladly appriciated. here in the UK the red tape on a/c systems and charging is ridiculous. thanks
any help gladly appriciated. here in the UK the red tape on a/c systems and charging is ridiculous. thanks
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From: New Ulm MN
If it is original (OEM) and has never been converted to 134a you are still running R12 gas. Which means you will have to have your system totally evacuated and converted. I doubt you can still by R12 in the UK. It was banned in the U.S. because of Ozone/atmosphere pollution years ago.
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......r-12 was only banned for production ONLY and whatever r-12 is out there is out there - no more will be produced in those countries or exported to same that were part of the montreal protocol banning cfc's.....recovered refrigerant (r-12) is refined and reformulated (for lack of a better word) to meet specs and can (that of what is recovered) be re-sold (although expensive)....local regulations in a different country may dictate otherwise such as if an r-12 system leaks it must be converted...
...ther was a court case many years back in the states that, when a lady brought her car in to have the ac fixed, and after finding a leak, the ac shop extracted all the refrigerant in her system and would not "return it", further stating that she had to convert to 134...she retained council, sued, won, and the shop paid some heavy damages..
...ther was a court case many years back in the states that, when a lady brought her car in to have the ac fixed, and after finding a leak, the ac shop extracted all the refrigerant in her system and would not "return it", further stating that she had to convert to 134...she retained council, sued, won, and the shop paid some heavy damages..
