Originally Posted by
Dumpster-Dee
Thank you Gus. From now on I'm taking mine in whole. I just did one out of a window AC and I was thrilled at the amount of copper. Not worth making myself sick over.
Any compressors that you have acquired from decommissioned units, drill a hole into the bottom of the canister, drain the oil before cutting. Freon by itself is rather benign.
I'm sure that may of you have experienced a beer that has over flowed with effervescence, this is the carbon dioxide escaping. What I'm trying to impress upon our members here is that the oil inside the compressor retains plenty of freon for weeks even after the lines have been cut.
No need to give up the valuable copper, just be safe is all I ask of you.
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