An authorized recycling center will perform the neccessary steps to recycle your old freezer,this should be done by professionals.
A freezer from 1970 and for many years after requires R134 type freon.
Freon is a trade name. Most use Puron now.
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Why 5? A freezer would/should only contain one; some variant on freon.
No. The freezer is what cools the entire fridge. Cut the freon line and the fridge is toast.
It might be out of freon.
The ice that forms in a freezer compartment is usually frozen water vapor from the air + water vapor from the foods themselves.
.You can remove the air conditioner compressor, from your Oldsmobile automobile, by removing the compressor belt. Remove the air conditioning Freon. Remove the Freon lines. Remove the retaining bolts
A machine that reclaims Freon is needed to remove the old Freon. The system will then need to have a vacuum pulled, and then the new Freon can be added.
You can add Freon to a chest freezer by opening the chest freezer and pouring in the container of Freon very slowly. Be very careful not to burn yourself. +++ I don not know if that answer is genuinely ignorant, mischievous or sarcastic, but it is extraordinarily stupid. The serious answer is that you can't; even if you can obtain the fluid. Replacing or replenishing the refridgerant in any type of refridgerator is a specialist task requiring appropriate tools and knowledge.
First you need to find the leak, you should never lose refridgerant unless there is a leak.
The best way to safely get rid of a freezer is to call a local trash or junk hauling company to get rid of your freezor. Freezers contain freon gas which is harmful to the coral reefs.