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Another A/C question Bob Landry 06-15-2005
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on June 16, 2005, 7:40 pm
Traffic wreck / collision?

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I think the problem with the cars is that if there is a leak it may burn or
explode in the confined space of the interior of a car.




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Posted by lp13-30 on June 16, 2005, 8:48 pm
Yeah, Stormin, I am an A/C guy. A friend bought a bunch of the stuff (
forgot what the name of it was--Duracool comes to mind). Anyhow, he sold
the cars he was going to use it in, so he gave the stuff to me. When the
need came up, I decided to give it a try. True, it is flammable, but so
is the 40 gallons of gas in the tank. OK, so my Suburban is a Diesel. If
I get into a wreck and smash up the condenser, The stuff will most
likely dissipate before it causes any problems-- if not ?? Larry


Posted by Stormin Mormon on June 17, 2005, 9:36 am
I heard that about hauling around a fuel tank. Everything in the world is
dangerous, we just have to choose our dangers.

I'm remembering a story I heard many years ago about a fellow who was using
a flammable R-12 replacement. He'd just changed a compressor on a
refrigerator. He'd neglected to vacuum out the air, and then charged in some
of the flammable mix. Now, we have air and propane under pessure. He powered
up the compressor, and exploded about half the house.

Since autos use a belt drive system, that's less of a concern. But, enough
to get you thinking.

a pleasure to meet you.

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Yeah, Stormin, I am an A/C guy. A friend bought a bunch of the stuff (
forgot what the name of it was--Duracool comes to mind). Anyhow, he sold
the cars he was going to use it in, so he gave the stuff to me. When the
need came up, I decided to give it a try. True, it is flammable, but so
is the 40 gallons of gas in the tank. OK, so my Suburban is a Diesel. If
I get into a wreck and smash up the condenser, The stuff will most
likely dissipate before it causes any problems-- if not ?? Larry



Posted by lp13-30 on June 15, 2005, 10:27 pm
I think that stuff is butane/propane. They have a replacement for R12
that is. A lot of people have said not to use it in cars, I have it in
my old Suburban and it seems to work fine. Larry


Posted by TURTLE on June 15, 2005, 11:58 pm

> Even though I haven't been around this group in a long time, I'm sure
> this is "another" A/C question.
> I was referred to a site that sells A/C products. They make great
> claims for something called R22. Among other things, they state that
> greater and easier compressibility means colder temps out of the house
> vents and less strain on the compressor.
> I'm thinking of using another of their products in my car A/C (and I
> do have recommendations from friends that have changed over), but I'm
> wondering if anyone has any experience/knowledge of this material that
> isn't selling it.:)
> Oh, the site is http://autorefrigerants.com/22a.htm
>
> Thanks, guys, (and gals). I've learned an incredible amount of stuff
> from this group!
>
> Bob

This is Turtle.

The R-22-A is for home hvac systems and R-12-A is for auto's.

This auto stuff is Freeze-12 and you can buy it at any appliance warehouse or
store. Public can buy it for it is nothing but dehydrated propane or Butane. I
think Auto zone still sells it and it's called freeze-12-A .

I have used in some cars but only ones with Real R-12 in them because thec134-A
type systems really don't get any better with it in there for the 134-a in them
for they have the bigger coil to make up for it. I really don't think it helped
very much on the 134-A systems but on the older R-12 systems it did make a
difference verses the 134-A replacement in it.

Now the prices for Freeze-12 is a little high on their website compared to auto
zone.

TURTLE



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