I also have about 5-7 pounds of r12.
We can send men to the moon and back, we can have a space station in space but we cannot braze a copper line so it never leaks?The first evaporator had leaks in the braze joints at the elbows. They were Amana made in Mexico.
Story was that the braze compound was acidic and pin holes developed after 10 or 15 years.
I don't know though. The current evaporator coil is a cheap Aspen. We'll see if it's the leaker.
On mine they were copper elbows soldered to aluminum tubes, what could go wrong?We can send men to the moon and back, we can have a space station in space but we cannot braze a copper line so it never leaks?
And the Copper to Aluminum transition at the sweat fittings at service ports are suspect too.On mine they were copper elbows soldered to aluminum tubes, what could go wrong?
Planned obsolescence.
I wish they would make units that ran off liquid nitrogen since it seems we have an abundance of that around....
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