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General Description

PURPOSE
The air conditioning refrigerant (R-134a) recovery, recycling and recharging system (J 39500) removes Refrigerant-134a from the vehicle A/C system, recycles and recharges all with one hookup.

Single-pass filtering during recovery cycle, plus automatic multiple-pass filtering during evacuation cycle ensures a constant supply of clean/dry refrigerant for A/C system charging.

Important:
- R-12 and R-134a require separate and non-interchangeable sets of recovery, recycle, and recharge equipment, because the refrigerants and lubricants are not compatible and cannot be mixed even in the smallest amounts.
- Do not attempt to use one set of equipment for both R-12 and R-134a, as all equipment contains residual amounts of refrigerant and/or lubricant, which will result in contamination and damage to the recover/recycle equipment.
- Adaptors to convert from one size fitting to the other must never be used; refrigerant/lubricants contamination will occur and system failure may result.