On Tue May-15-2012 10:16, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    RW> 14 May 12 09:58, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RN> It used to be the other way around years ago.  Condensors are much   
    RN> easier to replace than evaporators.  I could do it today, but I have   
    RN> to replace the commode's fill valve.  (-:   
      
    RW> That should leave you with 23 more hours to get it done by the end   
    RW> of the day. 8^)   
      
   With the shape my knees are in, that was my thinking, too.  However, with a   
   little ingenuity and a lot of luck, I was able to do the job in 15 minutes.   
      
    RW>> Having to recycle the coolant is another problem because the   
    RW>> machine to do that costs a couple of thousand and somebody has to   
    RW>> pay for that!   
      
    RN> I didn't know they were that expensive.   
      
    RW> It's like anything else regulated by the powers that be. Once they   
    RW> get their noses in the way, it isn't cheap or simple anymore.   
      
   That places a squelch on progress and one day they will have to atone for that.   
      
    RW>> BTW, when Harry finally got around to moving his equipment out of   
    RW>> the old shop, he had three of those machines, two of which didn't   
    RW>> work anymore and they ended up in the dumpster.   
      
    RW>> So, there went $4k worth of equipment down the tube. But, they had   
    RW>> paid for themselves several times over in the years before they   
    RW>> became inoperable.   
      
    RN> Non-repairable or just too old and outdated?   
      
    RW> Mostly too old to bother with an update. New has more bells and   
    RW> whistles.    
      
   And more things to go wrong, no doubt.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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