Re: Flushing R-12 on Spider for R-134A?

[Mark Denovich <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greg Hermann wrote:
> The legality issue makes about as much sense as the legality issues with
> drugs. As far as safety goes--what's the difference if there is one MORE
> flammable substance in the automotive environment??
It's because a) people don't understand physics/chemistry  and b) DuPont 
wants it that way.

For some reason people think any amount of flammable gas = hindenburg. 
When in fact, it's so much safer than flammable liquids in the auto 
environment.   Besides although freon and R-134a are not flammable, the 
oils used with them quite clearly are, so what exactly are you 
protecting yourself from by not allowing LPG.

You're protecting the profits of the makers of R-134a, and all the crap 
that goes with it.   LPG is practically is so cheap it would hardly make 
sense to charge for it in the quantities used in an auto AC system.

PS I'm happily using LPG refrigerant (actually it's a propane/iso-butane 
mixture.)

	--Mark
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