Dave, it looks like you're seeing the light. One thing I want to mention that has not been hashed over is the vacuum pump. I'd suggest you borrow Larry's pump rather than buy the compressor operated one. We had a debate about this recently and he won. I have the Robinaire pump, which is supposedly better then the Harbor Freight unit. When the subject was debated, I went out to the garage and tested the pump. It managed 27" with nothing connected but the gauge set and I'm virtually at sea level in Florida. The compressor ran continuously, so leaving it on all day would not be a nice thing to do to it.

If you need to hear it again, the parallel flow condenser with R12 sounds like a great thing.

The R12 license online is ridiculously easy - had mine in under 1/2 hour.

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Rick Miley
2014 Tesla Model S
2018 Tesla Model 3
2017 Nissan LEAF
Former MB: 99 E300, 86 190E 2.3, 87 300E, 80 240D, 82 204D Euro
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