Discussion on evacuation times in the FAQ section

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Remember to service your tools...from the FAQ section

This is a great post by swampy

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What rules of thumb exist in Auto AC? Below are the ones that come to mind for me. What others exist? Please correct the ones posted as appropriate. I can update this first post with corrections and additions as they come up in additional posts. Maybe it can become a sticky/FAQ. Thanks in advance fo...

JohnHere wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 10:33 am . I, too, avail myself of some of those "free for seniors" offerings

So where would one go to take a class that you would teach?

..... I'm thinking it might be worth a road trip?

Thanks Tim, 3 oz would be about 20% of the system total oil capacity which was about 15 oz.

JohnHere, Thank you for your reply.. Just got back from my trip and will be working more on this shortly. Would love to have a simple "old Fashioned" way to do it and have a couple questions on what you wrote. Will ask those once I can phrase them clearly. First I have to re-evacuate my sy...

High side blew, how much oil lost? I figure it will be a guess so wondering what the experts on here would guess in this scenario. The gauge fitting on the high side got loose and the high side blew all its high side refrigerant while the compressor was running. Interestingly the low side was still ...

Unfortunately a computer crash lost the refrigerant oz put in at that time (will try to recover). Was able to recover the lost data – Initially put in 23.1oz 134a 11.5oz oil Yesterday I put in 16.6 oz so total I have in so far: 39.7 oz 134a 11.5 oz oil (29% oil ratio) Based on prior planning calcul...

How's the charge looking on this custom system? This vehicle application and installation https://www.autoacforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=14872 VW Vanagon FS10 compressor 18x24 parallel flow condenser 32k BTU Evap R134a Ambient 85-90deg Humidity aprox 60% Wondering what there is to see in these results ...

As one who is working themselves out of the AC novice label... That is not acceptable. 29" on a gauge isn't accurate enough. You want a Micron Gauge to properly gauge vacuum ($200) to 1st test the pump make sure it is providing adequate vacuum and then to test the system Under 500 on the micron...