Kinda neat refrigerant can

[Chris142]

Never seen a QS one before. A customer showed up with this today.

 

[DBMaster]

Ah, the old days. Used to pay 79 cents for cans like that as recently as when I was in college in the 1980s. The last time I bought any for my 1989 Accord I think I paid $36 for a can. That was around the early 2000s.

 

[meadows]

I would have kept that can and put other in it.

 

[Jake_J]

R12 refrigerant isn't really worth much now as opposed to the early R134A years. There's not a lot of pre-94 cars left on the road so demand for R12 is not what it used to be.

 

[Chris142]

R12 refrigerant isn't really worth much now as opposed to the early R134A years. There's not a lot of pre-94 cars left on the road so demand for R12 is not what it used to be.

BullPucky! My area is saturated with R12 cars. Many cant be converted to R134a without a major hassle. I get several call a day for R12. We are getting $60/Lb for it. My competition gets $80 and neither of us can keep it in stock.

 

[Jake_J]

Calfornia and the SW in general is a different story since cars don't really rust. Anywhere in the snow belt cars made in the 90's are a rare breed, and in rust belt even 15 year old cars are true survivors.

 

[DBMaster]

BullPucky! My area is saturated with R12 cars. Many cant be converted to R134a without a major hassle. I get several call a day for R12. We are getting $60/Lb for it. My competition gets $80 and neither of us can keep it in stock.

My 89 Accord used to consume compressors approximately every 100,000 miles. When I installed the final one in 2010 I had it converted to Freeze 12, which is basically 80% R134A with 20% of another gas added to enable it to carry the mineral oil through the system. My vent temps were 40 with R-12 and 43 with Freeze 12. So, it was acceptable.

 

[Chris142]

My 89 Accord used to consume compressors approximately every 100,000 miles. When I installed the final one in 2010 I had it converted to Freeze 12, which is basically 80% R134A with 20% of another gas added to enable it to carry the mineral oil through the system. My vent temps were 40 with R-12 and 43 with Freeze 12. So, it was acceptable.

Unfortunately Freeze 12 is not legal in California.

 

[spackard]

$60/lb? Maybe time to sell my jug.

 

[Malo83]

R12 refrigerant isn't really worth much now as opposed to the early R134A years. There's not a lot of pre-94 cars left on the road so demand for R12 is not what it used to be.

Plenty of R12 users here in Cent Cal including me, lots of older cars still running around and it ain't cheap.

 

[DBMaster]

Unfortunately Freeze 12 is not legal in California.

I wonder why?

 

[Chris142]

I wonder why?

It is a blend. Calif does not allow blends.

 

[DBMaster]

It is a blend. Calif does not allow blends.

Ah. But, they allow R-410A in home HVAC systems. That is a blend. Seems inconsistent.

 

[Chris142]

Seems inconsistent.

Very. No blends in Automotive AC.