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Can someone point me in the direction of a web site that sell`s Lok ring tools and spares also general refrigeration equipment.
Thanks
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HRP Ltd‎ –
5 Rivington Ct, Hardwick Grange, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4RT‎ – 01925 837688‎dont bother with lockring its aloud of crxxp 🙁
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Have used the lokring quite alot and it is OK take your time and check all fits well before clamping up,expensive but best to practice a few connections before doing it under pressure.When it’s built in you can easily add on to cover cost. Masterpart usually have the top up fittings.
Prefer brazing when I can if I can”t do the fidge back at base.Re: Lok Ring
hi loopey
thanks for that just looked up on line .
last joints we bought were 8/4 39 pence more from hrp then vulken but worth looking at .
rogue
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Thanxs for the replies, but i`m after a web supplier with a well photographed site, rather than a phone number.I`ve had hassle trying to explain part requirements to people who have no idea of the product or tech speak.
I`ve been using lok ring far around 8 yrs, never had an issue so far.
But you have to select the location of joints b4 repair, if it don`t level pipe away from bends or is in a bad location, simply don`t use.
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dont know if it’s of any interest but i’m packing in the fridge game and have loads of lok rings and tools for sale if you are interested.
really cheap.
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Why would you? Just tell me why?
I hate them, I hate them, I hate them and, by the way, I hate them!
Lokring is a spiteful hateful blight on the planet so far as servicing goes IMO.
They are expensive, unreliable, prone to leaking, hard to fit in confined quarters and just generally a pain in the backside. The only time that I have ever seen the need to actually use the damn things, or something similar, was replacing an aluminium evaporator which went to copper because, simply, you can’t braze that.
If you want a reliable joint that doesn’t leak, braze it.
For the cost of all the gubbins you need to can easily buy a good scorpion head and do a much better job, neater and with (I reckon) about an 80{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} better chance of never getting a recall.
After that the cost of flux and rods is WAY, WAY, WAY lower than rings that don’t work. 😉
K.
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Agree 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} braze it every time even on ali to copper joints if you can get a snug fit id use a bit of heatseal stick never had problems with that .The only leakier thing than lockrings was the soft solder joints used by hotpoint in the 70 s n 80s 😆
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kwatt wrote:Why would you? Just tell me why?
I hate them, I hate them, I hate them and, by the way, I hate them!
Lokring is a spiteful hateful blight on the planet so far as servicing goes IMO.
They are expensive, unreliable, prone to leaking, hard to fit in confined quarters and just generally a pain in the backside. The only time that I have ever seen the need to actually use the damn things, or something similar, was replacing an aluminium evaporator which went to copper because, simply, you can’t braze that.
If you want a reliable joint that doesn’t leak, braze it.
For the cost of all the gubbins you need to can easily buy a good scorpion head and do a much better job, neater and with (I reckon) about an 80{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} better chance of never getting a recall.
After that the cost of flux and rods is WAY, WAY, WAY lower than rings that don’t work. 😉
K.
Most agreed with that i hate lock ring with a passion 🙂
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Any idea of web sites that sell brazing tools for us.
I used them a long time ago when we serviced R12 systems, but since R600 I`ve been employed by the big guns who only allow Lok ping.
I`ve never had issue with them, but mostly we`d scrape most system faults on 2nd visit for a replaced product. 😆
Now I`m in the real world 😥
I guess i need something more reliable and suited to my needs.
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The last set we got, a nice shiny new scorpion head rig, was from HRP…
They’ve got branches all over the place as well.
HTH
K.
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