ToddA1
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Three bucks per can for refrigerant????
The best I can find it here in Kal it $12 plus $10 deposit per can. Also there's a time limit on the deposit so if you use a half can you either loose the deposit or the product. I'm tempted to vent it just for spite, then return the can.
$3 per can, and that $3 is the entire charge. Read back; I'm now experimenting with an alternate HC. If I were still using the recommended 134a, I'd have spent a pretty penny troubleshooting my current issue. I need to open the system again, too.
Earlier this year, I bought 6 cans of Prestone R-134a, for $50 shipped. My local Walmart sells Interdynamics R-134a for $10 per can. I found a local outlet store that was selling Johnsen's R-134a for $6 per can.... I grabbed a few of those. All of the above had no dye, leak sealers or cooling boosters.
In NJ, there's no can rental. I own the valve tap, so anything that I don't use remains mine.
There's plenty of name brand 134a on Ebay... I'm guessing they won't ship to you? I've read some stuff about low grade Weitron 134a coming out of China, so that's a brand I would steer clear of.
I've found a few Ebay sellers that claim to have OEM Sanden compressors; I've contacted them asking where those compressors are made.
I ordered a new TXV last night. It'll be a cheap and easy troubleshooting step. I also have a spare condenser, so I may flush it and install it. There's always the chance that fragmented metal is still in the system and hanging the TXV open. I'm going to run a magnet through the flush solvent that I used, to see if there's any chips, dust, etc. in there.
-Todd