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Steinbach Offers ConversionAir Kit To Upgrade Air-Conditioning Systems

Steinbach & Associates, developer of STCs for R-134a conversions, is at Booth No.

The ConversionAir R134a compressor kit will be installed in King Airs.

By Harry Weisberger • Contributor

October 11, 2011

Steinbach & Associates, developer of STCs for R-134a conversions, is at Booth No. N713 showing how its R134a air-conditioning system compressor can replace old R12 Freon coolant compressors. Scott Steinbach, president of the Waco, Texas company, told AIN that since the R12 was phased out of production, a new compressor and accessory components are necessary to use R134a to full advantage.

The new ConversionAir S6 compressor kit offers greater performance in a package 54 percent lighter than the 36-pound A6 compressor it replaces, and the S6 requires less horsepower to move the same volume of air. Prices for the new S6 compressor kit, including hoses, expansion valves and receiver-dryer, range from about $4,000 for piston singles up to $8,000 for cabin-class turboprop twins and business jets. Steinbach & Associates–doing business as ConversionAir–has delivered more than 400 R134a kits in the 15 years since R12 coolant was ordered to be phased out.

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