"SQLit" wrote in message
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"Alan Smithee" wrote in message
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My A/C is in need of repair. The first repair guy I called wouldn't touch
it. Said it was too old that fixing (the slow leak presumably) would cost
me
as much as a new A/C. Then he hit me with the sales pitch!!
Can't they just top these things up with more R-12? Or replace the
coolant
with something else? Currently the A/C blows about 10 degrees F cooler
than
the room temperature, not quite cold enough when the heat starts going up
up
up. Do I believe the repair guy or get a second opinion?


My condolences if your unit is R-12... That stuff is liquid gold where I
live.

Or do you mean R-22? Which aint cheap now days.


This is Turtle.

there is some R-12 HVAC system still around but they are no problem to deal with
for you replace the freon and oil with ester Oil and 134-A like in cars. now you
should recover all the R-12 and put all fresh R-134-a in it with new Ester oil.

If not there is still not a problem to top it off.

TURTLE