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Bruce L. Bergman[_2_] Bruce L. Bergman[_2_] is offline
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On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:59:03 -0500, Richard J Kinch
wrote:

gary writes:

I plan on machining an adapter to get the 2 fittings connected
to each other.


Beware you don't commit an EPA felony. Such adapters are not government
approved.


What the (heck) are you talking about? They don't have to be
"government approved".

Unless they've made some serious changes since I took and passed the
test, there are no approvals processes or "lists of approved
machinery..." You just have to use procedures to reduce accidental or
incidental release of CFC's and HCFC's as much as possible. And
deliberate release is instant trouble.

A car using R-134a is running an HFC. No chlorine.

-- Bruce --