Re: [A/S] Armstrong AC pooped out

RV air conditioners use R22 same as a household unit.

R12 was the stuff used in automotive applications.

R12 has been "banned" for some time. R22 won't be phased out until 2015.

If you Google either one you will find supporting info.

Charlie

On 9/29/2010 9:43 PM, Oliver Filippi wrote:
>
> The old Armstrong units have a reputation for being well built, and hence
> serviceable.
>
> Besides finding an old timer, you are also going to need some of the old
> (outlawed) Freon. Some AC service folks may still have a stash of some.
>
> The other approach would be to go to Mexico for the repair (or get some of
> the old Freon outside the US).
>
> Note that the old Freon was a FAR superior refrigerant than the
> replacement
> stuff. (The heat transfer capability was significantly better, so that it
> takes less work on the part of the compressor to produce the cold.)
>
> Oliver Filippi
>
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> Subject: Re: [A/S] Armstrong AC pooped out
>
> Daze,
>
> The Armstrong's are serviceable. Call around the local HVAC shops to
> see if
> there is an ole timer who is willing to make the effort.
>
> Except for being careful removing the cover the guts are conventional AC
> stuff. As opposed to undersized, barely adequate RV air conditioning
> units.
>
> We were always able to find the parts locally. Just had to have an
> HVAC guy
> willing to make the effort. In every case, including replacing the
> compressor, it was cheaper than replacing the whole thing.
>
> FWIW
> Charlie
>
>

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