Re: A/c on the way to h20fest

[propjockey <drcjones@tstar.net>]

At 10:39 AM 6/30/00 -0400, you wrote:
>At 10:00 PM 6/29/2000 , Marie Laugesen wrote:
>
>> >Yeah but.. the newer systems are designed with this taken into account.
>>What
>> >is a problem in many cases is retrofitted systems - ones that were
designed
>> >for R-12 definitely don't cool as well with R-134a..
>>
>>This is true. A friend of mine retrofitted his Chevy truck and it doesn't
>>really cool all that well.So now he doesn't bother using it. What a waste of
>>time and money.
>
>I'll say -- I retrofitted my Scirocco.  Stupid mistake.  It used to blow at 
>39'F (with 95'F ambient temperatures).  Last year after the conversion, we 
>tested it again and it's blowing in the 70s... i.e. barely doing 
>anything.  And that's with $1000 worth of new parts in there.  Oh well. :(
>
>Jason
>
It was a stupid mistake alright, but it isn't the R134a that is at fault.
My Scirocco blows 39degree air after a $15 retrofit with R134a.

Charlie

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