Mitsubishi Air Con

[Miket]

Hi chaps, bit of info from you knowledgeable lot. In the house I've just bought the previous owners have fitted a Mitsubishi air con unit in the bedroom with the main fan unit outside. Might be a dumb question, but what runs in the pipes from the main unit outside to the unit inside, is it just water, as I want to remove it and don't want to end up with some sort of fluid peeing all over the bedroom.

If anybody would like a fully working free air con unit, come and remove it and it's yours.

[snakebite]

No good for Corfu Mike?

[Gonch]

On mine I have a drain that dumps the condensed water outside. But the 2 lagged pipes from the unit to the fan are the refrigerant carrying pipes. Its illegal to dump this stuff to atmosphere intentionally and should be captured.

[Miket]

Originally Posted by snakebite

No good for Corfu Mike?

No, don't need one, with the balcony's all round the house, it stays reasonably cool inside.

[StewbieC]

Gonch is right.

Depending on the age of the unit probably something like 407C. Should have a sticker on the side of the external unit. Or on the compressor (blue thing inside the external unit)
It needs to be recovered profesionally. Yes that means wonga!

[Neil O]

Mike, looks like you will be leaving it there then mate.

[Dutch Paul]

Originally Posted by Gonch

Its illegal to dump this stuff to atmosphere intentionally and should be captured.

They can sometimes "spring a leak" though.

[Neil O]

Out of interest, what is the refridgerant made up of?

[Miket]

Originally Posted by Neil O

Out of interest, what is the refridgerant made up of?

chlorofluorocarbon - a molecule that contains chlorine, fluorine, and carbon atoms. Chlorofluorocarbons are also called CFCs.

dichlorodifluoromethane Dichlorodifluoromethane is an example of a CFC, and it was once used as a refrigerant before it was discovered that CFCs can cause ozone depletion.

[Dutch Paul]

Originally Posted by Miket

chlorofluorocarbon - a molecule that contains chlorine, fluorine, and carbon atoms. Chlorofluorocarbons are also called CFCs.

dichlorodifluoromethane Dichlorodifluoromethane is an example of a CFC, and it was once used as a refrigerant before it was discovered that CFCs can cause ozone depletion.

So you knew all along what was in the pipes - why ask?