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cheap air con top up
« on: 30 May 2009, 16:10:51 »
any one know of  a cheap air con top up in hertfordshire

thanx :y
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Re: cheap air con top up
« Reply #1 on: 30 May 2009, 16:45:39 »
Cheap top ups are not recommended kingplym. I think it's worth to have your a/c checked and regassed by a pro  :y
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Re: cheap air con top up
« Reply #2 on: 30 May 2009, 18:14:01 »
Kwik - Fit [sorry for swearing] do for a reasonable price

As for standard ?

Think they charge about £45.00 but may have gone up?
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Re: cheap air con top up
« Reply #3 on: 30 May 2009, 18:18:27 »
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Kwik - Fit [sorry for swearing] do for a reasonable price

As for standard ?

Think they charge about £45.00 but may have gone up?

You beat me to it Iggy. Local Kwik Fit (I know, I know) are doing recharge for £45 and if they can't recharge it then you don't pay!  :y
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Re: cheap air con top up
« Reply #4 on: 31 May 2009, 15:32:37 »
Don't use Kwik Fit - they'll only break it up!!! :(
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Re: cheap air con top up
« Reply #5 on: 31 May 2009, 15:57:22 »
KingPly you have pm  :y
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Re: cheap air con top up
« Reply #6 on: 31 May 2009, 16:29:46 »
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KingPly you have pm  :y

Copy pm pls, mine needs doing this week.  :y :y
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Re: cheap air con top up
« Reply #7 on: 31 May 2009, 17:32:55 »
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Re: cheap air con top up
« Reply #8 on: 31 May 2009, 18:51:58 »
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do it yourself :y

You kinda need specialist kit....  :-/
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Re: cheap air con top up
« Reply #9 on: 31 May 2009, 21:36:43 »
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do it yourself :y

Not worth it unless you have the correct kit to remove old gas and re-charge with correct measures of gas and oil.
And certainly not with that absolute pants kit from Halfrauds  >:(
Knowingly venting refrigeration gas to the atmosphere carries a hefty fine...and when I say hefty, I mean £30k rings a bell. 
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Re: cheap air con top up
« Reply #10 on: 02 June 2009, 20:10:41 »
http://www.coolcaraircon.co.uk/

i used these - very very good - checked it all, checked for leaks, emptied and cleaned, re gassed fully, checked again - freezing and totally efficient. cant remember cost...think about 80 or 90 quid but well worth it. :y :y

dont use cheapie top ups...false economy and half of them dont do it properly.
« Last Edit: 02 June 2009, 20:12:14 by beemerdevil »
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Re: cheap air con top up
« Reply #11 on: 02 June 2009, 22:08:24 »
all advice taken and noted

thanx :y
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Re: cheap air con top up
« Reply #12 on: 03 June 2009, 05:18:26 »
i spoke to someone last night and he said he has a friend who re-gases refrigerators and that he top up his friends before for a tenner?

i suppose this is technically the same process, so it should be  ok, shouldnt it? :-/

any help :y
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Re: cheap air con top up
« Reply #13 on: 03 June 2009, 12:34:50 »
Done properly, which shitfit often don't, you want to be vaccing it for 45-60m, then checking it holds the vac (so no major leaks), then refilling.

Don't even think of diy, it needs special equipment to properly do it.
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Re: cheap air con top up
« Reply #14 on: 03 June 2009, 16:16:27 »
diy jobbies - had two in the past ended up going to a specialist £ 45 ( now has offered to check mine re-gas for £30 ) he,s mobile and remembers me from the past two years.  :)
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