freon

Oh, it's even worse than that. I've got a can here, Chemtronics Freez-IT,
the label says 100% R134a. Next to it is another can Falcon Dust Off
Freeze Spray, same thing. You can go to Fry's and they have pallets of
the stuff they sell for a couple bucks to the general public. Both these
are intended to be used to find thermal problems in electronic gear. I
use them in the shop when freeing stuck bolts - heat the thing the bolt is
stuck in up with a propane torch, then when it's good and hot, soak the
bolt in Freeze Spray and remove.

And not only is R134a used in these products, it's also used in blown-in
insulation and a lot of other products where it quickly outgasses to the
atmosphere.

And as far as R12 goes, what everyone seems to miss is that as time
passes the R12 that is evacuated from existing refrigerant systems and
is reclaimed, it is going to be sold again, then used to fill auto A/C
systems which ultimately will leak. This process will continue until
there are no more cars that take R12, which probably will take another
20 years to have happen. But once it does happen the price of R12
will drop, and eventually people will be sitting on old R12 that has
become worthless, then where do you think it will go? Do you think
people will pay to dispose of it? I doubt it I think they will landfill it
and ultimately the containers will rust and the R12 will escape.

The only way to truly get R12 out of the environment is to burn it
on the ground in an incinerator, or allow it to escape where eventually
natural processes in the stratosphere will destroy it. And, nobody is
burning R12 in incinerators now, (it's worth too much) and I can
almost guarentee that most R12 in use now will never end up
incinerated.

And the same thing is going to happen to the R134a that is produced.

The only way to stop the release of refrigerant is to stop manufacturing
it. All the laws on releasing R134a and R12 while servicing A/C systems
are merely feel-good, they simply delay the inevitable. Sooner or later
no matter how many charge/reclaim/charge cycles that a pound of
R134a or R12 goes through, it will inevitably end up in an auto system that
goes bad and leaks.

The only A/C servicing laws that do any good at all are the ones that
make it illegal to fill a R134a system that you know has a serious leak in
it
(as opposed to a potential leak that may happen in the future) as
these help to slow down the global consumption of R134a by a slight
amount.


Ted

 

No explanation needed the Law is the Law, I do not need to get into a
dissertation about my particular State Laws to have them rebuffed or argued
against the laws are what they are. You either follow them or suffer the
consequences.

It is funny that both yourself and Stern just love to argue I think it is
because both of you just like to argue and love to hear your own din.
--
Coasty
SEMPER PARATUS
(ALWAYS READY)

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Assuming the environment has some capacity to "digest" the r12 either
by chemical means or simply because it just dissipates into space, the
longer you drag out the release, the less damaging the R12 (and any
other refrigerant) will be. So I don't see it as just "delay" but as
a "taking longer" so it allows natural processes more time to take
care of things.

 

What you want is completely illegal. The fittings are made incompatible
for a reason- to prevent inadvertent cross-contamination between
refrigerant types. To convert to R-134a, you need to change the fittings
(and buy the correct adaptor hoses for your guage set, available at any
A/C supply house), flush the system, replace the laundry list of
incompatible parts (mainly the drier and some O-rings) and fill with
R-134a compatible oil.

Don't use the "conversion kits" they sell in stores- those are
compressor-destruction-in-a-can.

 

Even if the above slander were true, Dan's right and "Coasty" is wrong
on this one.

 

I'd bet you're wrong on that.

I don't think you're reading his posts accurately, because in your
"rebuttal," you haven't actually contradicted a damn thing he said.