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But does it use cfc free refrigerant?

• crististm 7y ago
  If it works this issue is irrelevant. If it doesn't then it's not a problem that he can fix either.
  • dredmorbius 7y ago
    Slow leaks do happen, FWIW.
• userbinator 7y ago
  It originally used R12 (CFC) but unfortunately that had leaked out long ago because of a tiny hole someone made in the evaporator years ago before I bought it (in non-working condition), probably while trying to defrost it. It now uses R152a (HFC), also known as "gas duster". If it was still sealed, I would've left it alone; R12 is very efficient (among the reasons CFCs were used for decades before ozone depletion was known) and now rare and expensive, and it's known that these sealed systems can work almost indefinitely if they're kept sealed. I know of working examples of other units from this era which still have the original refrigerant.