| Re: Equipment needed to self-service R134a air conditioner [message #781437] |
Thu, 13 July 2006 17:52 |
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My gut reaction -based on the fact that you find it necessary to ask such a
question - is that you have not had enough/any actual hands-on experience
under the supervision of a licensed A/C/ technician to approach this task.
Where do you plan to STORE the refrigerant you intend to release from the
system?
You stand a good chance of.....
a.) hurting yourself through simple ignorance.
b.) creating an illegal release of refrigerants into the
atmosphere....again, through simple ignorance.
Go get some experience under a certified, licensed A/C/ tech.
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| Re: Equipment needed to self-service R134a air conditioner [message #781509 ] |
Fri, 14 July 2006 23:41 |
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"*" <nospam [at] this.addy.com> wrote in message
news:01c6a693$ebd44c00$ce95c3d8 [at] race...
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> My gut reaction -based on the fact that you find it necessary to ask such
a
> question - is that you have not had enough/any actual hands-on experience
> under the supervision of a licensed A/C/ technician to approach this task.
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> Where do you plan to STORE the refrigerant you intend to release from the
> system?
If his system is really exhausted, then there will be no additional
refrigerant
release. That is the situation I find myself in.
If he blocked off his filter dryer, then there is no reason it will be
depleted. Moisture
and air won't normally back into a system like this. It is still good policy
to replace
this part, but may not be totally necessary.
He can make his repairs, reconnect everything, and pull a long vacuum on
the system. Some people used to flush the system with refrigerant before
they
tightened everything down, and then pulled a long vacuum.
But that would nowadays be environmentally and legally irresponsible, and
cannot
be condoned.
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