Air Conditioning Question
09-16-2005, 06:42 PM
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Re: Air Conditioning Question
"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
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> Jeff Strickland did pass the time by typing:
>> I have a Low Pressure guage for what I KNOW to be for R134a.
>>
>> My question is, are the fittings for 134 and 12 different so that my
>> guage
>> will not fit any of the pressure ports on a R12 system?
>
> Yes, they were designed exactly that way to avoid confusion and mistakes.
> Since R-12 is not compatible with 134a.
>
> They make adapters for the old hoses, that should give you an idea.
> http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...ctId=200103774
>
>> I have a car in the driveway, and my guage fits the Low Pressure side.
>> Since
>> my guage is for a known R134 system, then the car I'm working on is also
>> 134, right?
>
> That would be a good assumption but you should look on the radiator
> shroud, on the accumulator, or on the compressor for the refrigerant
> sticky, just to be certain.
>
I didn't see any stickers, which is why I came here and asked. I feel pretty
safe that I have a 134a system, and I know that I have a 134a Low Pressure
guage. Since I have a 134a guage and it fits something, then I have a 134a
system.
Thanks,
09-16-2005, 06:42 PM
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Re: Air Conditioning Question
"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
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> Jeff Strickland did pass the time by typing:
>> I have a Low Pressure guage for what I KNOW to be for R134a.
>>
>> My question is, are the fittings for 134 and 12 different so that my
>> guage
>> will not fit any of the pressure ports on a R12 system?
>
> Yes, they were designed exactly that way to avoid confusion and mistakes.
> Since R-12 is not compatible with 134a.
>
> They make adapters for the old hoses, that should give you an idea.
> http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...ctId=200103774
>
>> I have a car in the driveway, and my guage fits the Low Pressure side.
>> Since
>> my guage is for a known R134 system, then the car I'm working on is also
>> 134, right?
>
> That would be a good assumption but you should look on the radiator
> shroud, on the accumulator, or on the compressor for the refrigerant
> sticky, just to be certain.
>
I didn't see any stickers, which is why I came here and asked. I feel pretty
safe that I have a 134a system, and I know that I have a 134a Low Pressure
guage. Since I have a 134a guage and it fits something, then I have a 134a
system.
Thanks,
09-17-2005, 09:41 PM
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Re: Air Conditioning Question
In the real world, all A/C and refrigeration equipment uses the same
fittings irregardless of refrigerant used, be it R12, HCFC-134, R-22,
or any of dozens of others.
Only in the automotive world is there a unique fitting for HCFC-134a.
Because refrigeration people are not illiterate like automotive people
and can follow written placards and color codes.
But you cannot go by the connector alone on an automotive or any other
system that may have been modified or retrofitted. If the system is
stock you go by the placards and by the service manual. How many cars
have retrofit A/C anymore?
fittings irregardless of refrigerant used, be it R12, HCFC-134, R-22,
or any of dozens of others.
Only in the automotive world is there a unique fitting for HCFC-134a.
Because refrigeration people are not illiterate like automotive people
and can follow written placards and color codes.
But you cannot go by the connector alone on an automotive or any other
system that may have been modified or retrofitted. If the system is
stock you go by the placards and by the service manual. How many cars
have retrofit A/C anymore?
09-17-2005, 09:41 PM
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Re: Air Conditioning Question
In the real world, all A/C and refrigeration equipment uses the same
fittings irregardless of refrigerant used, be it R12, HCFC-134, R-22,
or any of dozens of others.
Only in the automotive world is there a unique fitting for HCFC-134a.
Because refrigeration people are not illiterate like automotive people
and can follow written placards and color codes.
But you cannot go by the connector alone on an automotive or any other
system that may have been modified or retrofitted. If the system is
stock you go by the placards and by the service manual. How many cars
have retrofit A/C anymore?
fittings irregardless of refrigerant used, be it R12, HCFC-134, R-22,
or any of dozens of others.
Only in the automotive world is there a unique fitting for HCFC-134a.
Because refrigeration people are not illiterate like automotive people
and can follow written placards and color codes.
But you cannot go by the connector alone on an automotive or any other
system that may have been modified or retrofitted. If the system is
stock you go by the placards and by the service manual. How many cars
have retrofit A/C anymore?
09-17-2005, 09:41 PM
#25
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Re: Air Conditioning Question
In the real world, all A/C and refrigeration equipment uses the same
fittings irregardless of refrigerant used, be it R12, HCFC-134, R-22,
or any of dozens of others.
Only in the automotive world is there a unique fitting for HCFC-134a.
Because refrigeration people are not illiterate like automotive people
and can follow written placards and color codes.
But you cannot go by the connector alone on an automotive or any other
system that may have been modified or retrofitted. If the system is
stock you go by the placards and by the service manual. How many cars
have retrofit A/C anymore?
fittings irregardless of refrigerant used, be it R12, HCFC-134, R-22,
or any of dozens of others.
Only in the automotive world is there a unique fitting for HCFC-134a.
Because refrigeration people are not illiterate like automotive people
and can follow written placards and color codes.
But you cannot go by the connector alone on an automotive or any other
system that may have been modified or retrofitted. If the system is
stock you go by the placards and by the service manual. How many cars
have retrofit A/C anymore?
09-17-2005, 10:03 PM
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Re: Air Conditioning Question
You mean with propane, girlie boy?
R-12 -> 60/40 (weight) propane/isobutane
R-22 -> 100 propane
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Accessory Section 8 wrote:
>
> In the real world, all A/C and refrigeration equipment uses the same
> fittings irregardless of refrigerant used, be it R12, HCFC-134, R-22,
> or any of dozens of others.
>
> Only in the automotive world is there a unique fitting for HCFC-134a.
> Because refrigeration people are not illiterate like automotive people
> and can follow written placards and color codes.
>
> But you cannot go by the connector alone on an automotive or any other
> system that may have been modified or retrofitted. If the system is
> stock you go by the placards and by the service manual. How many cars
> have retrofit A/C anymore?
R-12 -> 60/40 (weight) propane/isobutane
R-22 -> 100 propane
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Accessory Section 8 wrote:
>
> In the real world, all A/C and refrigeration equipment uses the same
> fittings irregardless of refrigerant used, be it R12, HCFC-134, R-22,
> or any of dozens of others.
>
> Only in the automotive world is there a unique fitting for HCFC-134a.
> Because refrigeration people are not illiterate like automotive people
> and can follow written placards and color codes.
>
> But you cannot go by the connector alone on an automotive or any other
> system that may have been modified or retrofitted. If the system is
> stock you go by the placards and by the service manual. How many cars
> have retrofit A/C anymore?
09-17-2005, 10:03 PM
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Re: Air Conditioning Question
You mean with propane, girlie boy?
R-12 -> 60/40 (weight) propane/isobutane
R-22 -> 100 propane
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Accessory Section 8 wrote:
>
> In the real world, all A/C and refrigeration equipment uses the same
> fittings irregardless of refrigerant used, be it R12, HCFC-134, R-22,
> or any of dozens of others.
>
> Only in the automotive world is there a unique fitting for HCFC-134a.
> Because refrigeration people are not illiterate like automotive people
> and can follow written placards and color codes.
>
> But you cannot go by the connector alone on an automotive or any other
> system that may have been modified or retrofitted. If the system is
> stock you go by the placards and by the service manual. How many cars
> have retrofit A/C anymore?
R-12 -> 60/40 (weight) propane/isobutane
R-22 -> 100 propane
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Accessory Section 8 wrote:
>
> In the real world, all A/C and refrigeration equipment uses the same
> fittings irregardless of refrigerant used, be it R12, HCFC-134, R-22,
> or any of dozens of others.
>
> Only in the automotive world is there a unique fitting for HCFC-134a.
> Because refrigeration people are not illiterate like automotive people
> and can follow written placards and color codes.
>
> But you cannot go by the connector alone on an automotive or any other
> system that may have been modified or retrofitted. If the system is
> stock you go by the placards and by the service manual. How many cars
> have retrofit A/C anymore?
09-17-2005, 10:03 PM
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Re: Air Conditioning Question
You mean with propane, girlie boy?
R-12 -> 60/40 (weight) propane/isobutane
R-22 -> 100 propane
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Accessory Section 8 wrote:
>
> In the real world, all A/C and refrigeration equipment uses the same
> fittings irregardless of refrigerant used, be it R12, HCFC-134, R-22,
> or any of dozens of others.
>
> Only in the automotive world is there a unique fitting for HCFC-134a.
> Because refrigeration people are not illiterate like automotive people
> and can follow written placards and color codes.
>
> But you cannot go by the connector alone on an automotive or any other
> system that may have been modified or retrofitted. If the system is
> stock you go by the placards and by the service manual. How many cars
> have retrofit A/C anymore?
R-12 -> 60/40 (weight) propane/isobutane
R-22 -> 100 propane
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Accessory Section 8 wrote:
>
> In the real world, all A/C and refrigeration equipment uses the same
> fittings irregardless of refrigerant used, be it R12, HCFC-134, R-22,
> or any of dozens of others.
>
> Only in the automotive world is there a unique fitting for HCFC-134a.
> Because refrigeration people are not illiterate like automotive people
> and can follow written placards and color codes.
>
> But you cannot go by the connector alone on an automotive or any other
> system that may have been modified or retrofitted. If the system is
> stock you go by the placards and by the service manual. How many cars
> have retrofit A/C anymore?
09-18-2005, 04:24 AM
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Re: Air Conditioning Question
Accessory Section 8 did pass the time by typing:
> In the real world, all A/C and refrigeration equipment uses the same
> fittings irregardless of refrigerant used, be it R12, HCFC-134, R-22,
> or any of dozens of others.
That is because in the automtotive world there is a bucketload of
morons that don't know ---- about AC and would destroy the system
by putting god knows what as a TV fixitall.
--
DougW
> In the real world, all A/C and refrigeration equipment uses the same
> fittings irregardless of refrigerant used, be it R12, HCFC-134, R-22,
> or any of dozens of others.
That is because in the automtotive world there is a bucketload of
morons that don't know ---- about AC and would destroy the system
by putting god knows what as a TV fixitall.
--
DougW
09-18-2005, 04:24 AM
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Re: Air Conditioning Question
Accessory Section 8 did pass the time by typing:
> In the real world, all A/C and refrigeration equipment uses the same
> fittings irregardless of refrigerant used, be it R12, HCFC-134, R-22,
> or any of dozens of others.
That is because in the automtotive world there is a bucketload of
morons that don't know ---- about AC and would destroy the system
by putting god knows what as a TV fixitall.
--
DougW
> In the real world, all A/C and refrigeration equipment uses the same
> fittings irregardless of refrigerant used, be it R12, HCFC-134, R-22,
> or any of dozens of others.
That is because in the automtotive world there is a bucketload of
morons that don't know ---- about AC and would destroy the system
by putting god knows what as a TV fixitall.
--
DougW