Andrew wrote:

Also, (I was told) the refrigerants that are used nowadays (to replace
CFCs) are corrosive so the systems are guaranteed to fail! I've so far

Another problem is the molecular weight of the new refrigerants is lower
than the old R12 refrigerant they used to use - so it tends to escape
more easily anyway.


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Cheers,

John.

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