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Crutchez_CuiBono

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1. Apparently theres a new type of coolant in the new ones that the repair people are

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Wed Aug 22, 2018, 11:46 PM

Aug 2018

switching to. What it is, I do not know. However, if you get the older styles and they need to be fixed or re-charged, you wont be able to get the old juice for it. Not sure of the particulars, but, if the AC units youre looking at are incredibly cheap there may be a reason, this MAY be why. Stay frosty

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I need to buy an air conditioner or two. [View all] no_hypocrisy Aug 2018 OP

Apparently theres a new type of coolant in the new ones that the repair people are Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #1

You can still get the old type freon - but it isway expensive csziggy Aug 2018 #5

Gouging bc they can. MAKE MORE. Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #6

I live in the mountains of New Mexico... chillfactor Aug 2018 #2

My wife found two air conditioners last year at Goodwill. Kablooie Aug 2018 #3

it's not end of summer here dweller Aug 2018 #4

FYI discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2018 #7

I remember Walmart running a special on window AC units in early May FakeNoose Mar 2019 #8