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Originally Posted by humfrz
I can appreciate you wanting to DIY. HOWEVER, I have found that with some things, it's just better left up to the professionals. Messing with the refrigerated things (like, auto A/C, home A/C, freezers, refrigerators and the like) are examples.
Yep, back in the day, I did it all when it came to cars. However, that was before all that electronic, injected and computerized crap (and A/C) they started using to make them.
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Well in this case, it's not really a case of modern AC being
harder to fix than old AC. Yes passages in components have gotten smaller, but AC has always been hard to
repair correctly and the chemicals have always been bad. In 2022 someone should have no excuse for venting 134a DIYing their AC system, we're supposed to be smarter than that, just like we don't dump old oil on the ground anymore.
And you know, for an oil change, all you need is a bucket and a plastic funnel. For AC, you're looking at $1K of stuff buying the cheapest shit on amazon for the absolute most basic AC service, and in that pile of stuff you don't even have the refrigerant, for that you'll have to consider a 30 pound cylinder, which is what the good (unadulterated) stuff comes in.