Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcb.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcb!svirsky 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 Article-I.D.: ttidcb.505 Posted: Mon Oct 28 12:40:55 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 22:21:06 EST 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 Lines: 15 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