Saturday, Jan 11, 2020 at 21:14
Thanks Ivan the terrible. Theres plenty of old chestnuts about Hychill....mostly by those who've never used it and listened to all the scaremongering.
1. yes its flammable, but there's been way more fires with r134a than HC, and when R134a burns it makes mustard gas, like r12 used to, and r134a burns cos its mixed with oil and has an auto ignition temperature of about 800 degrees, which is why it burns
well with oil. When HC burns there are no poisonous fumes at all.
2. I have had compressor warranty with HC and its endorsed in Australia so they are not allowed to fail a compressor warranty for that reason. Also the white goods fridge manufacturers that shut down in
Orange a couple years ago used HC like many other fridge companies still do. Look for R600a on your fridge....its HC.
3. Its not banned on mine sites ....exception with Queensland which i am not
well versed about. In WA I know of at least one large mining company currently using it on every one of their sites, it was used in the Kalgoorlie superpit for many years until similar old chestnuts got in the way. In WA it is sold statewide by COV's, Bursons, Veales and many other outlets.
4. I have converted many r12 systems to r134a in warm climates and had many complaints, R134a is simply crap put up against HC. I guess had I not had any alternatives and explained R134a is the best I knew of I could have said everyone was happy with R134a. If you don't go where it is hot then R134a is great.
5. I also know some people have been exposed to R134a through slow cabin leaks, their lives are ruined cos r134a destroys your lungs if exposed for longer periods and they spend their lives not able to work, with health issues whilst taking steroids to try and "repair" their lungs. But no-one talks about such things cos its not nice.
6. R134a has now been phased out and is replaced with HFO1234yf (cars imported from Europe had it in since January 2017).Surprise, surprise HFO1234yf is flammable. Lol! Lol! And when HFO1234yf is burnt it is SO TOXIC that I am now happy for people to say R134a is perfectly safe and non-toxic.
7. I have been doing this for 20 years to and happy to address any questions about AC.
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