Gas refrigerant

[Logan]

Can anyone help with the location of a place to buy a gas refrigerant kit for a domestic air conditioner. My system needs topping up. I appreciate I could call an engineer but I prefer to do it myself. I have read only qualified engineers may buy Gas R407C in France but that sounds like protectionism and difficult to believe. Help would be appreciated.

[Chancer]

Protectionism? France? Hard to believe?

Surely not [:)]

It can be found in the same magasin as rocking horse sh1t [:D]

Seriuosly I will be looking for the same when my €129 special needs a top up, I did find top up canisters in Maccess in the UK, its a specialist motor trade cash and carry warehouse that only sells to the trade so it folows that factors and car accessory shops may stock it having bought it through them.

I must one day take a pressure reading while it is still working and then again when it finally goes hors service, I will then wait a few weeks to see if it has dropped significantly further, if so I wont be throwing money at a recharge kit.

Good luck and please post if you find it in France, you probably already know but the cost of an on-site recharge is double D horrendous like most other services here.

[Logan]

Thanks for that reply JR.

Having done more research I discover that Gaz R407C which is the standard gas installed in A/C systems is being phased out and will soon be banned altogether. This is because it's a dangerous greenhouse gas and very harmful to the ozone layer. Apparently you cannot install the replacement less harmful gas in a system designed for R407C gas! Hence the recent price discounting of A/C systems in the bricos.[:(]

So far I have only found cylinders of R407C on e bay in UK at £95.

[Logan]

Looks like I may have solved my problem. [:)]

http://www.cyberpieces.com/climatisation_installation0.htm

[Fridgeman]

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