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

[Larry C Leung]

IT's not perfect, (R134a) but better than R12. It will likely eventually
be replaced. 

LL - NY

On Wed, 9 May 2001 13:19:57 -0700 "David Glubrecht" <daveglu at hotmail.com>
writes:
>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.
>>
>>