The EPA announced today major new restrictions on refrigerants. Not just any friend would allow you to pop the seal on a brand new jug of R22. I think I’m gonna make some room in one of my gun safes for this stuff right after I top off my two OEM ‘83 units.
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Hydrofluorocarbons and a True Friend
Semper Siesta
Robert Clarkson
ASLAN, 1983 55C #343
Charleston, SC
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05-03-2021 11:06 PM #2
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Re: Hydrofluorocarbons and a True Friend
Years ago I had a brand new can sitting in my shop. I went to use it and it was empty. Apparently with temp changes and humidity the can sweat and rusted on the bottom where it sits on the cardboard. The cans are very thin gauge metal. And if you have any with rust on the bottom don’t use ospho on them. I had a can of 12 that started leaking after I treated the rust with it. I’ve taken my stockpile and removed them from the box sprayed with a crc product like cosmoline and wrapped them with heavy plastic. I think the eBay stuff is a r22 substitute not the real stuff.
"DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU READ OR HEAR AND ONLY HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE" - BEN FRANKLIN
Endless Summer
1967 50c 12/71n DDA 525hp
ex Miss Betsy
owners:
Howard P. Miller 1967-1974
Richard F Hull 1974-1976
Robert J. & R.Scott Smith 1976-present
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Re: Hydrofluorocarbons and a True Friend
I have friends in the HVAC field and they all agree current drop in replacement is as good or better than the sacred R-22. Running it now in my salon and forward berth units that had compressors replaced. Ice cold air. Worth looking at since R-22 is hard to come by and super expensive.
1966 34c
1982 46 HP
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05-04-2021 09:53 AM #6
Re: Hydrofluorocarbons and a True Friend
1978 53' Motor Yacht "LADY KAY V"
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Chesapeake Bay