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On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:34:32 -0600, Califbill
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Tim wrote:

2:03 PMCalifbill
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Freon cleaner was expensive. We got it in 5 gallon cans to clean our
computer equipment in the 1960's. EPA Was what phased it out as cleaner,
not cost.
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Cost was cheap.the tax ate it out of production


Freon was a banned item. Same reason it went out in car AC?

You can still have R12, it is just so expensive nobody will use it in
Montreal Protocol compliant countries. I am not sure but it used to be
available in Mexico pretty cheap and China was still using it a lot.
They planned on building a billion refrigerators using R12 around the
turn of the century. I bought an R-22 mini split system in 2010.


You can get R12 as a HVAC contractor. Lots of home AC systems use the
stuff. Mine included.