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

[David Glubrecht]

Non-conforming countries (Mexico) can still produce R12 for ~$1.00 per
pound.
What I heard was that R134a is neither as friendly as hoped or friendly to
produce

Dave G  (stocked up on R12 a few years ago)

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