Hydrocarbon Conspiracy

02/08/2026

I've gotten word that some air conditioner manufacturers have updated how their temperature sensors handle things, in order to detect hydrocarbon gas and effectively disable the system from operating. The problem seems to be prevalent with systems that use Electronic Expansion Valve control.
Meanwhile air conditioners in other countries seem to offer superior performance when charged with hydrocarbon.
Bench testing and updated gas blend recommendations coming soon.
In the meantime, if you're looking for an air conditioner, buy the cheapest brand you can possibly get 😉 because they aren't worth any more than that.

08/07/2026

When disaster strikes, survival depends less on titles and more on the people who can restore power, rescue lives, heal the injured, build what’s broken, and deliver what everyone needs.

03/04/2026

Happy Passover ("Easter") and Resurrection!
You only live twice, location is concern.
You don't go on vacation ☠️ without packing the right stuff ✝️ otherwise it's a lousy 🔥 vacation ☠️

01/03/2026

Higher prices during peak hour are here to stay.

The safety net has been pulled out from under Australian energy consumers, leaving more than 1 in 6 househo...

23/02/2026

It's like that

18/01/2026

Public vs private.
Semantics.
They say you'll own nothing and be happy. Actually you don't own anything. If you were to stop paying your car / trailer registrations or council rates, you'd soon find out who really owns it.
Someone got charged $88K for slapping googly eyes on a boring sculpture. I'm sure it could've been resolved with a bottle of turpentine and an hour's labour. Just one example the government goons can take anything at any time.
What's business? Something likely to generate a profit. Given the cost of "living" (government), you're unlikely to generate a profit.

This is what the ultra rich do. 👇🏼

Should this be allowed or should the gov intervene and tax the borrowed money?

Thoughts?💭

22/12/2025

I have an early Christmas gift for you!

It seems to me that there's been a bad batch of Hisense air conditioners (I've seen a few others too, just not as prevalent) with Electronic Expansion Valves that fail a few months after being installed. Why not replace the bad EEV with a capillary and be done with it?

Here's a new spreadsheet.
R32 capillary generator.
Based on actual samples from working R32 air conditioners.

http://hydrocarbonconspiracy.info/R32%20capillary%20generator.xlsx

I've also been helping beta test some new Hychill samples behind the scenes. Hopefully one of those makes it to market soon.

As for Christmas, Santa comes at random times throughout the year (usually a few weeks after ordering stuff online), and I think Jesus was actually born on September 11 3BC, not December 25. Conceived in December - maybe.

14/12/2025

I'm currently up to about 19.5% (15.5% above 32°C) energy savings on the air conditioners, and more tests / results coming soon (with possibly even better results). It's not a cost of living crisis, it's a cost of government crisis.

14/12/2025

Solar and battery is all well and good, but most of those companies don't want you to know about saving on your air conditioning and refrigeration costs. They usually want to sell you more solar and battery. Why use the battery if you don't need to? Save your battery for longer running time into the night, or sell onto the electricity grid with providers such as Amber Electric. Air conditioning and hot water usually make for the lion's share of an electricity bill. With energy savings (on the cooling cycle) as high as 19.5% at the moment (and possibly higher soon, with a new refrigerant product on the way), and potentially even more on the heating cycle, who doesn't want to make their air conditioners and fridges more energy efficient?