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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
Posts: 28,977
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Jeff,
We might make it a tech session. I know that JR and I both have vacuum pumps and gauges and Bob Hodges also has some experience in the area. Problem is where to do it?
Steve,
How do you mix the gasses or do you make up a manifold and do it this way? Your method is really cheap and readily available. Have seen several people on the net mixing their own stuff and wondered how it would work. I just plugged in some ES-12 into my "daily driver" that was low (has R-12 in it) and the mix is also blowing ice cubes as well. Works great as a mix...
Surf,
The R-12 from Mexico is mostly real freon, but you also find some that is a mix. I know of several people in Tucson who drive to Nogales and get their car filled with the real stuff while shopping there. Lots cheaper... Problem is that if you smuggle it back and get caught they can sieze your car and then it gets rather expensive!
Tim,
Vacuum is vacuum, no matter the source. I found a automotive pump on Ebay for $30 and its paid for its cost many times over. Problem for me is that you really should pull a system down for 30 minutes and I do not want my compressor to run that long.
Joe
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