volvite wrote:disallow wrote:The expensive part will be getting your AC system recharged with R134a. That stuff is about $60/lb, and the guys qualified to use it charge accordingly!
Up here in Canada, you can't even handle that stuff without a license.
You can actually buy R134a at auto stores here in the states. However you will need to fix the system, then have it vacuumed out to get all the moisture out and then you can put the R134a in yourself.
Yep, I have bought this stuff to top off my system. Had a leak over winter as couple years ago. 2 cans from Walmart later, and 2 years later, still going strong. The product had some kind of sealant and seal conditioner in it which must have licked my leak issue.
Told my uncle, who is a qualified AC guy, and he was upset because he's spent all this cash on equipment and training to allow him to charge like crazy for this. What would have easily cost me $500 at a shop cost less than $50. Me likey!