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Default Help with fridge

On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:13:43 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 10:44:01 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

One needs no licence to purchase and use R34 refigerant. It's available in
most any auto parts store and Wal Mart and K Mart.


It's actually called R134a, the refrigerant used in most automotive
air conditioners. You still need a gauge set, fittings, can tap,
vacuum pump, leak detector and a modicum of knowledge to do the job
properly.


I saw something interesting on one site. Apparently after all the
folderol about changing from R12 to R134a has died down the Europeans
are now considering mandating a change to (possibly) Carbon Dioxide.
Another possible is R152a.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)