On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:28:36 -0500, nick hull wrote:

In article ,
Bruce L. Bergman wrote:

Not pulling a proper hard vacuum and then "rinsing" or "purging"
with refrigerant as you put it can cost you a minimum $50,000 fine.

You are Not Allowed To Vent Refrigerant to the Atmosphere Anymore,
PERIOD. They make a point to stress this when you get your
refrigerant technician license. It has to be recovered.

Of course you could rinse & purge using propane; a small amount left in
is so similar to refrigerants that it is no problem

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Propane is a perfectly good refrigerant, in fact most gas separation
plants use propane as the refrigerant. It runs at different pressures
and temperatures then the "R" stuff but the systems work well.


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct email address for reply)