that's better for you.
setup shop in the garage
have everything ready to go.
watch him closely...you might learn something. ask lots of questions.(meaningful ones not off the wall - lol)
have the laptop up on phase change stuff so he knows exactly what your after. dont assume he does. 98 percent f them have no clue how OUR phase change is really suppose to work. its just facts. he might try weighing out the charge and that might not even be close to right.
let the system start to frost over, then shut it down and either get a hair dryer or heat gun and face it to the evap and see what happens. then you can put it on the board and test away. since im pretty sure you dont have a load tester.