[Shotimes] A/C, R12 to R416, OK ?

[James White]

I used R406a which is a legal drop-in replacement for R-12 in the '93
several years ago.  Unfortunately the lines have since rusted too much to
hold anything.  I did some research several years ago and met the inventor
in Lafayette, Ind.  The product is now called Freeze12.  It could be the
same as R-416, but this guy had his product accepted by the EPA as R-406a.
Look at www.freeze12.com . but I think that you need certification to order
it.  The website has the link for certification.

Note that you could actually use propane, which this inventor says is
actually safer than converting to R-134.

regards, Jim White - greensho@crown.net
Valparaiso, Indiana
'95 MTX - 282k - lots of mods and a bad clutch
'93 MTX - 285k - few mods and starting to rust
'95 MTX - 138k - lots of mods and running strong!


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From: Sho List <sho-list@new.rr.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 5:40 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] A/C, R12 to R416, OK ?


> I work in a profession where I have some guys maintaining
> some cooling equipment all day.  I told a co-worker of my
> poor-working A/C.  I really think the manual blend door bypass
> and a coolant recharge will work.  He said we have no R12
> around, but we do have R416 which "has the some of the
> components of R12" and I could re-charge on it.
>
> Anyone know if this is true ?  Do I need to "release" all
> of whatever is left of my old coolant before I try this ?
>
> Thanks all,
> Chad L
> 92 Red
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