[C320-list] Refrigerator Removal/Installation

[Taylor Devlin]

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From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> on behalf of Larry Frank <WindSwept at stx.rr.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 7:23:26 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Refrigerator Removal/Installation

Hi Jeff,

Not sure if I am one of the guys you refer to, but I have replied to parts of this thread and may have put the term "freon" in a response.   However use of that term by me may have been a mistake.

When I replaced my refrigerator on WindSwept (#246 1995) I thought the refrigerant would be R-22.  However the nameplate on the compressor specified R-134A.  Not sure what the trade name Freon includes.

Larry

On 11/11/20, 6:35 PM, "C320-list on behalf of Jeff Hare" <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com on behalf of Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:

    Are you guys sure it's freon?  I would think that it would use R134a since these boats were made after the mandate??
    Still, it should be recovered during a changeout (EPA law) since it's a "greenhouse" gas even though it doesn't destroy ozone.

    Just curious if anyone with really 'mature' hulls actually have Freon in them?

    -Jeff

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    From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of Pat Tormey
    Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 7:30 AM
    To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
    Subject: Re: [C320-list] Refrigerator Removal/Installation

    I had to replace mine #1037 and it did not have those quick release connectors, So I took it to a yard for replacement. I was willing to buy the pressure set to refill it but didn’t see how to capture the Freon.

    After I noticed the tech didn’t have any vacuum pump so I asked him :Where’s the feon?” and he said “Gone”.  He said he didn’t know how to capture the stuff either and the regular guy was on vacation.

    The new one has the quick release.

    Pat

    Pat Tormey
    s/v Blue Skies

    From: Tim Hoffert
    Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 8:11 PM
    To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
    Subject: [C320-list] Refrigerator Removal/Installation

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