Joe,
At the end of 2010 they will no longer be manufacturing R-22 refrigerant, the stock piles will last a few years most likely but the price will go from a few hundred dollars a 30 pound can to over a thousand in the process.
These old units CAN NOT be outfitted with the new R-410a refrigerant the equipment must be replaced. Pretty much all the residential and light commercial units around here are R-22 systems, people don't realize it but a quick charge me up for the summer days are gone.
There is a rebate/tax credit of up to $1500.00 for replacing your system with an R-410a system that has a minimum seer and h.s.p.f. rating. Trust me home-owners are not ready for this.
The new R-410a systems are more efficient and bigger in physical size, some of them wont even fit in the places the existing systems are at, more money. Its coming.
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OMG, I'm yellin rape now, cause that's all this is about.
ReplyDeleteThe new refrigerant is ozone friendly. This was all part of the green act passed a while ago. Its been years in the coming.
ReplyDeleteThis green crap is going to bankrupt this country
ReplyDeleteThis post is not accurate and overly alarmist. The EPA web site states:
ReplyDelete"January 1, 2010:
After 2010, chemical manufacturers may still produce R-22 to service existing equipment, but not for use in new equipment. As a result, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system manufacturers will only be able to use pre-existing supplies of R-22 to produce new air conditioners and heat pumps. These existing supplies would include R-22 recovered from existing equipment and recycled.
January 1, 2020:
Use of existing refrigerant, including refrigerant that has been recovered and recycled, will be allowed beyond 2020 to service existing systems, but chemical manufacturers will no longer be able to produce R-22 to service existing air conditioners and heat pumps."
Visit www.epa.gov/Ozone/title6/phaseout/22phaseout.html for more details.
Perhaps you missed where it said it would cost thousands, not hundreds of dollars to use the old process if you needed it. Wise up and see the entire thing for what it is.
ReplyDeleteDoes this pertain to automotive AC units at all?Window units at home?Or just commercial/industrial central air units?
ReplyDeleteI do agree that the whole "green" thing is just making stuff more expensive.C'mon,when I was a kid my Dad would use the burnt up motor oil from oil changes to start fires when he had some wood or brush to burn.Today you would have neighbors petitioning to have you exiled for that.
I had my heat pump replaced about a year and a half ago and went with the 410a. It was more expensive but I didn't want to have to worry about the 22 stuff in a couple of years. Only made sense.
ReplyDeleteLOL R-410a is HIGHER in Global Warming Potential than the R-22 it is replacing. It will need to be replaced sooner than later, so stick with your R-22 systems.
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