Air conditioner compressor for vac. bagging instead of fridge pump?

I just passed a sign for a free, working airconditioner. I looked inside
the unit by the side of the road and it has the typical plumbing for
an AC unit. Anyone have any ideas whether I can scavenge the pump from
this free unit to hook up to a vacuum bag? Fridge pumps should be
relatively cheap, but you can't beat free if it works.

TIA!

Stuart

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Never mind. I tried starting the thing and it won't start. It has some
huge capacitor inside that looks rather scary, plus I'd hate to release
the CFCs into the air while venting the thing. Back to the curbside
with it!

Stuart A. Hall wrote:
> I just passed a sign for a free, working airconditioner. I looked inside
> the unit by the side of the road and it has the typical plumbing for an
> AC unit. Anyone have any ideas whether I can scavenge the pump from this
> free unit to hook up to a vacuum bag? Fridge pumps should be relatively
> cheap, but you can't beat free if it works.
>
> TIA!
>
> Stuart
>


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Would a pump like this work for vacuum bagging?

http://www.harborfreight.com/

Search for Item number 3952.

Thanks for the help.
Curtis