Reply to "Envirosafe refrigerant"

Nothing works as well as R12. Period.

Last year I spent about $800 and had a bad hose replaced, full system evacuated and recharged with 3 1/2 pounds of R12. On a cool day, I see a steady 40 degrees coming out of the dash vents. The drive home from Vegas this year was quite pleasant.

I recently obtained my EPA section 609 R12 license online for the total cost of $15.

This allowed me to buy five 14 ounce cans of NOS R12 off eBay for $81.06, delivered to my door.

I bought a used set of R12 gauges off eBay for about $40. I need to buy a can tapper and I can keep my system charged and ready for at least a few years at no added cost.

Used,gathering dust in some corner of a garage R12 recovery machines often sell on eBay for $100-$200. Most are pick-up only due to their weight. When I find one of them close enough to home, it too will be in my garage.

Mixed refrigerant systems are persona-non-gratis at any AC shop that is aware of the mix. Service thus becomes a PITA.

134a will be phased out just as R12 was.

I'm sticking with pure, reliable, efficient and still easily available R12.

YMMV

Larry