R12 Freon

Bobl1958 · Sep 19, 2016

Cleaning out my FIL's old shop and found about 1/2 of a canister of R12 Freon. About the size of 2 gallons I would guess the size of the can to be and it's about 1/2 full. Any idea of the worth, and if you can even still sell the stuff anymore? Thanks - Bob

Janicholson · Sep 19, 2016

It is not illegal to sell. Usually in 12oz cans from 20 to 50 dollars per can. Jim

jimg.allentown · Sep 19, 2016

The last I knew, R-12 was selling in the $50 per pound range. It is legal to buy and sell, but REQUIRES an EPA card to do so. Fines for venting to atmosphere start around $10,000.
Unless you have a use for it, I would take it to a refrigeration shop for disposal or sale. Most applications for R-12 are long outdated. R-134a takes the place of R-12 in most places, and it works just fine in the older automotive air conditioners. That was the primary use for R-12.

old · Sep 19, 2016

Lot of rules and reg you have to do through if your going to sell it as the laws say now days. Now passing it on to one common man to another one can get by. I noticed just the other day a sign in O'Reilly's quoting the rule and reg for them to be able to sell R-12

travis miranowski · Sep 19, 2016

Actually its really not worth as much as it once was. The last 12 oz cans I had a few years back I just gave away. When it shot to 50-75 a can it made it cheaper to convert to R134a. And add that its been over 20 years since it was banned, a lot of the equipment that once used it is either junked, has no working ac, is converted to 134a, or uses a r-12 replacement like "bio freeze" etc. I would say a half keg would be $50.00 at the most. But you know what they say. There is a sucker born every day!!

Geo-TH,In · Sep 19, 2016

Not to mention hefty fines. I sold 90# to a friend in the HVAC businesses, Cash only. No receipt.

Ragnarok · Sep 19, 2016

I'm licensed to buy it...and last I bought a couple months ago cost like $74 a can. I only buy it for those customers that are too hard-headed to convert over to 134A...

Last cans of R12 I owned personally I gave away after trading off the last vehicle I owned that used it.....

Gambles · Sep 19, 2016

I've got a '71 Cougar that's pretty much factory stock, a little over 50K miles on it. Would I convert the thing to R134a and decrease the value of it? No way.
I don't consider myself hard-headed at all.

rrlund · Sep 19, 2016

I don't know why we're still having the global warming argument. We solved it when we did away with that stuff didn't we?

GeneMO · Sep 19, 2016

(quoted from post at 13:43:29 09/19/16) The last I knew, R-12 was selling in the $50 per pound range. It is legal to buy and sell, but REQUIRES an EPA card to do so. Fines for venting to atmosphere start around $10,000.
Unless you have a use for it, I would take it to a refrigeration shop for disposal or sale. Most applications for R-12 are long outdated. R-134a takes the place of R-12 in most places, and it works just fine in the older automotive air conditioners. That was the primary use for R-12.

"F" the EPA

Sprint 6 · Sep 19, 2016

Not worth anything, really. I have a license to buy it that I have never used. I haven't put in R12 in over 10 years, and that was because the place I worked for at the time believed all the conversion boogey man stories. When I work on old A/C, they get converted or they don't get fixed. I don't even have an R12 gauge set or reclaim equipment for R12.

M-MAN · Sep 19, 2016

If you can find someone who can use it you'll probably get about $50 for half a jug. They should put a set of gauges on it to verify it is pure R12. I would ask around and not advertise it in any way. In spite of what some folks may tell you technically you are not allowed to even touch that jug without a card so don't make anyone mad at you.

jim buford · Sep 20, 2016

It will never be solved because it is a political issue not an environmental one. It is a way the greenies use to gain more control over the rest of us.

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