R12 Refrigerant Replacement

[Bill the arcstarter]

Lewis Shadoff <lshadoff@brazosport.cc.tx.us> wrote:

>Is anyone familiar with this stuff?  It was mentioned as an R12
replacement on the Mercedes list. http://www.freeze12.com/

A quick read of the site didn't allow me to discover what it really is -
therefore I would avoid it.  If they are going to hide the facts then then
can do that and I will go elsewhere. :)

Just today I received my order of R-406A - a tri-mix replacement for R-12.
No fooling with oils required since R-406a is compatible with R-12 oils.
Supposedly this stuff requires less of a charge than R-12 with better
performance.  This was the stuff invented by George Goble at Purdue a few
years ago (the guy who lights BBQ grills using liquid oxygen).  I'll let you
know how it works.

Note that you have to be either a type 609 (mobile refrigerant tech)
certificate holder, or a master cert. holder to purchase either the mystery
freeze12 stuff or documented and known R-406A.  Luckily due to the miracle
of the internet - for $15 or such you can get your 609 on-line. :)  I love
America!

Lastly - a friend of mine just installed one of the R-134A kits into his '91
Classic.  It didn't go 100% smoothly but seems to be functional now.  Of
course now he discovers that his compresser clutch is shot so he'll probably
have to repeat the whole process... :)

-Bill (will trade R-12 for Shiner Bock)
'92 Classic @ 153Kmi and climbing...