Re: vacuum pump

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• Subject: Re: vacuum pump
• From: Paul Eugene Kidwell <tmb-at-ole-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 03:46:22 -0600
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

I use to use a refrigerator compressor to evacuate
my cars air conditioning system back when freon
was a buck a pound.

It worked *very* well.

Paul

Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: "Ken Donnell" <bigken-at-a.crl-dot-com>
>
> Anybody try a refrigerator compressor hooked up backwards? They should
> provide *more* than enough vacuum (they should be good for vacuum
> impregnation, too), and cost $0 (if you find a junked refrigerator--the
> compressor is almost always good).
>
> Ken Donnell
> bigken-at-a.crl-dot-com
>
> ----------
> > Original Poster: Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>
> >
> > At 08:46 AM 3/24/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > >>I don't know just how well they would work, but waterbed stores sell
> > >>aspirators for draining mattresses fairly cheap.  They have adapters
> for use
> > >>with sink faucets as well as normal garden hose connections.
> > >>Mike

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