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Posted by on January 2, 2007, 6:42 pm
I have an outside compressor that I want to move. The electric is no problem
but I am not sure about the plumbing part. Can I shut these off somehow and
move it? I figure there must be freon or whatever in it so wanted to check
before I went at it. Thanks.
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Posted by Charles Schuler on January 2, 2007, 7:06 pm
>I have an outside compressor that I want to move. The electric is no
>problem
> but I am not sure about the plumbing part. Can I shut these off somehow
> and
> move it? I figure there must be freon or whatever in it so wanted to check
> before I went at it. Thanks.
Yes, you must deal with the coolant. You will need an AC technician.
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Posted by Jeff Wisnia on January 2, 2007, 7:12 pm
arthur.moore@verizon.net wrote:
> I have an outside compressor that I want to move. The electric is no problem
> but I am not sure about the plumbing part. Can I shut these off somehow and
> move it? I figure there must be freon or whatever in it so wanted to check
> before I went at it. Thanks.
Unless you are willing to invest in at least a kilobuck worth of
specialized tools, including a vacuum pump, gauges, recovery tank etc.,
plus obtain a license to permit you to legally mess with freon, you
better hire out that part of the job to an HVAC professional.
Things ain't like they were 40 years ago, when you could legally do your
own automobile and home air conditioning work with little more than a
set af gages and a tank of freon. Even places like Sears sold home AC
equipment with precharged lengths of tubing to anyone with the ability
to pay for it.
Jeff
--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.
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Posted by The Reverend Natural Light on January 2, 2007, 7:28 pm
Jeff Wisnia wrote:
>
> Things ain't like they were 40 years ago, when you could legally do your
> own automobile and home air conditioning work with little more than a
> set af gages and a tank of freon.
>
Well, you still can do your own automotive AC work as long as it's
R134A, but most people are just wasting refrigerant.
I have 1 can of R12 that I bought at an auto parts store for $1. Sure
miss those days..
-rev
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Posted by on January 2, 2007, 11:05 pm
On 2 Jan 2007 16:28:41 -0800, "The Reverend Natural Light"
>I have 1 can of R12 that I bought at an auto parts store for $1. Sure
>miss those days..
Ah the days when it was freon that was going to destroy the planet.
Don't hear that much today, they have a new villian.
I imagine in 10 years we will be hearing that hydrogen is the new
destroyer of planets and that the proliferation of solar collectors is
trapping heat that was supposed to be reflected back into space or
absorbed by plants.
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