a/c advice

so, when your cheap-o hand-me-down air-conditioner for your tiny room seems to be out of FREE-ON(sp?), can you 1.) get that stuff refilled or 2.) do it yourself or is it simply 3.) bye-bye a/c unit?

I think its very expense to get refilled. Its probably cheaper to buy a new one (we got a Whirlpool a/c at Lowes for 79.00). Good luck.

I bet you could buy a used one pretty cheaply...people who don't want to store theirs for the winter or are moving or whatever.

You can always try craigslist too. But PC Richards, Lowes etc. I am sure has inexpensive AC units during the off season. Freon is not cheap and confusing, at least for the likes of me.

i was just trying to be the most environmental as possible, meaning like... it seemed like a better idea to refill the darned thing than to throw it out on the curb and replace it, you know? the lesser of 2 evils?

Subject: Re: a/c advice

vanilla wrote: so, when your cheap-o hand-me-down air-conditioner for your tiny room seems to be out of FREE-ON(sp?), can you 1.) get that stuff refilled or 2.) do it yourself or is it simply 3.) bye-bye a/c unit?

What'd I tell you about inhaling that freon. You're only hurting yourself. When I get to Freddy's tonight, you better have my money! 8)

..maybe the neighbors in the airshaft sniffed my freon!! daveb you're suspect, especially b/c you might live one door down from me. :shock:

vanilla wrote: i was just trying to be the most environmental as possible, meaning like... it seemed like a better idea to refill the darned thing than to throw it out on the curb and replace it, you know? the lesser of 2 evils?

If you do throw it out on the curb, you may want to keep in mind that, by law, you cannot just put your a/c out on the curb, though many people do. You are actually supposed to make an appt. to have it picked up -- basically, you leave it out there at an appointed time, and then the EPA or somebody comes to pick it up.

Anonymous wrote:

If you do throw it out on the curb, you may want to keep in mind that, by law, you cannot just put your a/c out on the curb, though many people do. You are actually supposed to make an appt. to have it picked up -- basically, you leave it out there at an appointed time, and then the EPA or somebody comes to pick it up.

wait, i am supposed to call the EPA to pick it up? what's their number? eep!

I know nothing about whether or not you should by freon or a new A/C. But all my A/C issues I've directed to J&R Electronics on 7th Av roughly somewhere between Garfield & Union... I forget which block (no relation to the big J&R). They repair/ install A/Cs, so it's worth giving them a call.
They've installed my A/Cs & also fixed my stereo amp.