On Tue May-15-2012 10:16, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RW> 14 May 12 09:58, 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^)

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

 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.

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

 RW>> BTW, when Harry finally got around to moving his equipment out of
 RW>> the old shop, he had three of those machines, two of which didn't
 RW>> work anymore and they ended up in the dumpster.

 RW>> So, there went $4k worth of equipment down the tube. But, they had
 RW>> paid for themselves several times over in the years before they
 RW>> became inoperable.

 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 Non-repairable or just too old and outdated?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. 

And more things to go wrong, no doubt.


Regards,

Roger 
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