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Posted by John vdP (93SE 5-sp) on July 01, 2002 at 12:30:35:

In Reply to: A/C recharge = blown fuses?! posted by Ed on July 01, 2002 at 00:33:18:

When I was shopping my Maxima, in early 1995, I noticed all the 92s I looked at were R-12, and all the 93s and up were R-134a. Even though the salesmen were assuring me that R-12 will be around for a long time, he did not volunteer anything about the 50-60 bucks a pound it would eventually cost. Though that was unknown at the time, I decided to make it a selection criteria and go 93+. (Since then I have found out what an expensive timebomb of planned obsolence the R-134a and PAG oil combination is, so I converted it to HC and PolyAlpha+ oil anyway, but that's a different story).

On your blown fuses, I would consider it astronomically unlikely that charging an A/C circuit, no matter how well or poorly done, would trigger blown fuses in unrelated circuits. If someone replaced your drier, and was rough or careless around the relay areas, that would be consequential damage, that would coincide with the timing of the repair, but not by the execution of a refrigerant charge.

John

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- Thanks I have checked fuses Ed (93 GXE) 13:30:52 7/01/2002 (0)

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: When I was shopping my Maxima, in early 1995, I noticed all the 92s I looked at were R-12, and all the 93s and up were R-134a. Even though the salesmen were assuring me that R-12 will be around for a long time, he did not volunteer anything about the 50-60 bucks a pound it would eventually cost. Though that was unknown at the time, I decided to make it a selection criteria and go 93+. (Since then I have found out what an expensive timebomb of planned obsolence the R-134a and PAG oil combination is, so I converted it to HC and PolyAlpha+ oil anyway, but that's a different story). : On your blown fuses, I would consider it astronomically unlikely that charging an A/C circuit, no matter how well or poorly done, would trigger blown fuses in unrelated circuits. If someone replaced your drier, and was rough or careless around the relay areas, that would be consequential damage, that would coincide with the timing of the repair, but not by the execution of a refrigerant charge. : John