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From: svirsky@ttidcb.UUCP (William Svirsky)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: air conditioning advice
Message-ID: <505@ttidcb.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 12:40:55 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 28 12:40:55 1985
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References: <1735@akgua.UUCP> <132@inuxa.UUCP> <393@cylixd.UUCP> <494@ttrdc.UUCP> <29ae0a4e.3b@apollo.uucp> <116@bsdpkh.UUCP>
Reply-To: svirsky@ttidcb.UUCP (William Svirsky)
Organization: Transaction Technology, Inc. (CitiCorp), Santa Monica
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Summary: 

In article <116@bsdpkh.UUCP> heffner@bsdpkh.UUCP (Paul K Heffner) writes:
>                              We had lots of luck, however, with the
>simplest and cheapest detector of all: Bubbles!! (Childrens soap bubbles)
>
>Bring the system up to a reasonable pressure (50-100 psi if you have 
>gauges) and use a small brush to soak the stuff on all the joints you
>suspect.

Not just the joints.  I found a leak once around the edges of the sight glass
on the receiver/dryer.  The sight glass is the little round window that most
directions tell you to look through to check if your a/c system needs freon.

Bill Svirsky
Citicorp/TTI
Santa Monica, CA