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To: V_TWIN

I just put a new window unit my my barn office. Run it at 68F, on high. Very chill.
Odd thing is its R32. Dichlorofluoromethane. Its a flammable gas.
Now how is that better than freon?


4 posted on 07/05/2026 6:12:52 AM PDT by 9422WMR ( )
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To: 9422WMR

“Difluoromethane“ R32


7 posted on 07/05/2026 6:17:31 AM PDT by 9422WMR ( )
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It’s better because when you are connected, skids get greased. When DuPont’s Freon patent expired, they lobbied to outlaw it as dangerous, and suggested the substitute be their brand new improved, eco friendly, patented alternative. Bidet was famously the senator for DuPont in Delaware.


11 posted on 07/05/2026 6:23:34 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves. )
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To: 9422WMR
Its a flammable gas. Now how is that better than freon?

It makes the liberals happy. They don't care if your house burns down.

12 posted on 07/05/2026 6:27:02 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: 9422WMR

“Now how is that better than freon?”

Short answer, it isn’t better than freon.


14 posted on 07/05/2026 6:34:53 AM PDT by desertsolitaire (w)
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To: 9422WMR

I wouldn’t worry about the R32 as it’s really, really, rare to have leaks in sealed systems (systems without hose connections). You’re more likely to win the lottery.

As to performance, I know that a mix of propane and butane is a drop-in replacement for R12 and performs just as good. I don’t know for sure for your refrigerant, but I suspect it performs fine.


15 posted on 07/05/2026 6:35:37 AM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: 9422WMR

Have you seen that some appliances like mini-fridges or ice makers use R-600a? That is butane.


16 posted on 07/05/2026 6:43:26 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (If the Islamic Republic government is in power in Iran when the war is over, we will have lost.)
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To: 9422WMR

Because they’re relatively cheap, I cut through a bedroom wall in my mobile home. Running all day, that WINDOW unit keeps the humidity tolerable all summer.


27 posted on 07/05/2026 7:44:34 AM PDT by Does so (Book:"The Party of Death"...Dem☭¢rats ™ ® © ≣ ½⅓⅔¼¾ ⅛⅜⅝⅞ ⅓ ⅕ ⅖ ⅗ ⅘ ⅙ ⅚)
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