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

[Mitchell S. Haskins]

They will when it's no longer available due to it no longer being
manufactured...;)

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From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Dave Conner
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 12:37 AM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: R-12 conversion to R134 ... BTDT? Any regrets?
Recommendations?


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.