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Posted by jamesgangnc on February 15, 2007, 2:56 pm
> I want to decommsion an old HP and haul it to the landfill where they
> will recover the refrigerant. (like they do with old refrigerators)
>
> In the archives I came across Turtle's "self suck" method of running
> the HP in A/C mode, close the liquid valve and then close the suction
> valve once it's "slurped" all it's refrigerant and packed it back
> into the condensor.
>
> At what point do I shut the suction valve? When pressure completely
> drops to 0 or when the compressor sounds like it's getting pissed
> off?
>
> Even though the unit is old (1979 vintage) I really don't want to
> damage it. As an option, I might choose to try and sell it on CL
> since it's still operational.
>
> I see there are lots of wanted ads for old HP's but I assume is to
> salvage the copper content.
Depends on how low you get before the compressor gets pissed off :-)
There is no standard answer cause we don't know how much charge is in
it or how long the lineset is. Odds are good you can get it all.
1979 is worthless in terms of resale.
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