R-12 conversion to R134 ... BTDT? Any regrets? Recommendations?

[Larry C Leung]

Other than production of R12 is banned worldwide, or at least for UN
member nations. It is environmentally a rather vile material, catalyst
for the destruction of stratospheric ozone. 

LL - NY

On Mon, 07 May 2001 00:37:08 -0400 Dave Conner
<conner at cfm.ohio-state.edu> writes:
>At 05:19 PM 5/6/2001 -0400, Brett Dikeman wrote:
>>Talking to a guy servicing our server room, he stated:
>>"R-12, in a 30 lb cylinder...runs about $1500 right now">
>
>Ouch!
>30 lb cylinders seem to be selling for about $700 on E-Bay.
>I spent some time browsing the message board at aircondition.com.
>Among the bits of info ....
>Ten years ago R-12 was about $1 per pound in the US.
>Today it's still about $1 per pound in many countries, and in fact is 
>half
>the cost of R134 in those countries.  They have >no< incentive to 
>switch to
>R-134.
>Dave C.