[cva66snipe]

I've had about 1200 pounds of R-11 spill before down in the bilges of the ship. I was working on a chiller and the valve busted. I crawled to the nearest force draft vent for air. There is another thing about refrigerant that can be real deadly and that is if it comes in contact with a propane or a gas flame. It will produce very deadly phosgene {SP} gas. It can take you out very fast.

R-12 is in older cars now. R-12 is very, very, expensive if you can even find it. Most vehicles after 1995 have a different type but still you should inhales it. I used to work on car A/C many years ago. It sounds like the evaporator coil ruptured otherwise it should have vented outside the vehicle. But if the coil ruptured that is a different story.

[maxweber]

Please let me know of any more info. Family was very sick from AC leak. Trying to document risks.