Re: [Amc-list] a/c discharge

[Victor the Cleaner <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 12:59:57PM -0800, Joe Fulton wrote:
 
> --- On Thu, 1/8/09, Richard Estermyer <javelinman74@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Started to dismantle the engine compartment to pull the
>> engine in the new 82 Concord Wagon.  I see that the A/C
>> still has pressure and freon.  Should I find someone to try
>> to "catch" it or is there not enough to worry
>> about, except for my EPA loyality, of
>> course.Blessings,Richard
>
> Maybe you shouldn't ask such a question to a public forum?  It's 
> like:  Should I go 70 in a 60 speed zone?   You know you shouldn't 
> but sometimes you just have to get there sooner.  :)   There are 
> millions of little ozone molecules out there saying No, No, No.
> 
> Joe Fulton

Yeah, it's better not to air matters of conscience in public.  
I mean, when a guy who was working for me got sloppy defrosting 
the office fridge and punctured a cooling line, I wasn't happy
about it, but I didn't command him to hara kiri over it.  It 
made it a lot easier to push it into the dumpster with "NO FREON"
spray-painted on the door.

Fact is, the chemistry of the stuff is such that very small amounts 
of chlorinated fluorocarbons have a huge effect on ozone - that's 
why they were singled out for banning.  To quote the wiki page on 
the matter:

	...Since the chlorine is regenerated at the end of these 
	reactions, a single Cl atom can destroy many thousands of 
	ozone molecules.

(From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorofluorocarbons)

In balance, best to get it recovered, I think.

Jonathan

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