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  • mark christian
    serf wrote:
    Here's your last warning!

    I'm holding you to that.
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  • babun
    A long time ago, The auto parts/speed shop I worked for made a big killing on R-12.
    When we got the word about the banning, the owners ordered a 18wheeler full of cases. IIRC...it was 12 cans in a case, 50 cases on a pallet, 12 pallets to the drop shipment.
    It was 92 cents a can.
    We then sold it for $4.99 a can and people thanked us for having it!.
    Every old hotrod and restored car of the 50's,60's and 70's used it.
    Then the sale of it was forbidden too unless you had a permit to buy it.
    {our store had a back door} :D
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  • Warbirds
    How would I know what my system uses? Installed in 2012. Days
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  • select-fire
    Black market
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  • WearyTraveler
    After reading this post I pinged my HVAC guy. He said if my house ac leaked he had some but is I need a bunch I?d have to buy a new ac unit.

    Damn - that would suck.
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  • Marc1301
    No worries if you still have one,....there are a number of choices for 'drop-in' replacements that will still be available.
    I use RS-44B myself because it will accommodate refrigeration temp ranges as well. The alternatives are cheaper too.

    This is a non event imho.
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  • Marc1301
    Warbirds wrote:
    How would I know what my system uses? Installed in 2012. Days
    It will be on the tag that carries the model number. Should show the charge in ounces, as well as the type. Another option is to look at your compressor model number. If it's a Copeland (most are), and it starts with ZR it's an R-22 Scroll. If it starts with ZP, it's a 410-A scroll compressor. Anything starting with a CR is an ancient R-22 recip.
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  • serf
    Marc1301 wrote:
    No worries if you still have one,....there are a number of choices for 'drop-in' replacements that will still be available.
    I use RS-44B myself because it will accommodate refrigeration temp ranges as well. The alternatives are cheaper too.

    This is a non event imho.

    Well I hope so! here is another https://www.chemours.com/Refrigerants/en_US/assets/downloads/freon-m099-retrofit-guidelines.pdf

    serf
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  • Marc1301
    serf wrote:
    Marc1301 wrote:
    No worries if you still have one,....there are a number of choices for 'drop-in' replacements that will still be available.
    I use RS-44B myself because it will accommodate refrigeration temp ranges as well. The alternatives are cheaper too.

    This is a non event imho.

    Well I hope so! here is another https://www.chemours.com/Refrigerants/en_US/assets/downloads/freon-m099-retrofit-guidelines.pdf

    serf
    Much better choice than MO99, 422D or 407-C,............

    https://www.comstarproducts.com/rs-44b-refrigerant-r22-replacement
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  • us55840
    A move by the A/C industry to force one to purchase a new unit instead of a recharge.

    It's called "forced obsolesence" to put $$$ into their pockets.

    The "to save the enviornment" is all typical B.S.

    :twisted:
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  • bambihunter
    I never verified the validity, but years ago I read a report that said R12 was safer than its replacement. All I know, is my 83 Hurst/Olds is still running R12 and will until I can't.
    On a side note, propane actually makes a decent refrigerant.
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