16 May 12 06:30, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

 RN>> It used to be the other way around years ago.  Condensors are much
 RN>> easier to replace than evaporators.  I could do it today, but I have
 RN>> to replace the commode's fill valve.  (-:

 RW>> That should leave you with 23 more hours to get it done by the end
 RW>> of the day. 8^)

 RN> With the shape my knees are in, that was my thinking, too.  However,
 RN> with a little ingenuity and a lot of luck, I was able to do the job
 RN> in 15 minutes.

Including mop the floor after? That's faster than I can do it on a pair
of knees that work just fine.

 RW>>> Having to recycle the coolant is another problem because the
 RW>>> machine to do that costs a couple of thousand and somebody has to
 RW>>> pay for that!

 RN>> I didn't know they were that expensive.

 RW>> It's like anything else regulated by the powers that be. Once they
 RW>> get their noses in the way, it isn't cheap or simple anymore.

 RN> That places a squelch on progress and one day they will have to atone
 RN> for that.

California stopped the sale of R12 in the state years ago...those in the
know around San Diego merely went down to Tijuana and bought it. R134 is
going to go the same route in the near future and it will be made
available too. The newer, replacement coolant will not be backwards
compatible either.

 RN>> Non-repairable or just too old and outdated?

 RW>> Mostly too old to bother with an update. New has more bells and
 RW>> whistles.

 RN> And more things to go wrong, no doubt.

And more complicated to operate...I had a hard time getting the most
recent one working the way it should and they lost the manuals for those
older machines.


                R\%/itt



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