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R-22 no longer available?
I was just informed at a meeting to promote the passage of a school bond issue that R-22 was no longer available. I had heard that the ‘grand plan’ was to phase it out, but is it truly no longer available?
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12 Replies
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I doubt if that is true.
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I read the law. A while ago and I think that it said that it is illegal to recharge with r22 after 2015
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Are we sure we are not talking about R-12? That’s been on the short list for a long time and I had to convert my OTR A/C unit from R-12 to R-134 many years back. While it was still available then, it was getting close to $100/pound for a recharge.
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I am in the HVAC business I can assure you R22 is available and will be available for the foreseeable future. It has gone through tremendous volatility in pricing over the last couple of years but has settled and even come down in price most recently. It is against the law to produce equipment with R22 in it, so the manufactures have gone to a replacement unit that is shipped dry. Most HVAC equipment today is built with R410A branded by carries as Puron many years ago. R22 is being phased out and it will continue to raise in price as production continues to be reduced and reclaimed refrigerant becomes less available.
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Thanks, Doug. That’s what I thought. Hoping to use my classic Cruise-Air units for 8 more years.
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If it follows the path taken by R12, the price will escalate, and then as uses for the R22 begins to diminish the price of R22 will drop significantly. Last I heard R12 which is all but no longer needed is dirt cheap, good news to folks whose R12 OTR was never changed over to 134.
R22 will likely take the exact same path.
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I thought R12 was outlawed here in the states with the so called ozone problem . Most did come from Mehico. I run Freeze 12 in mine and haven’t converted. Bought a couple 30 pounders from NAPA a couple years back at $199 a bottle. Still have about 20 lbs. in a bottle after hose replacement. The air nazi’s will probably ban it all and issue wind fans to fan yourself while cruising down the superslab later.
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The morons that have nothing better to do than dictate what refrigerant you are allowed to use have been known to commit suicide over the fact that despite years of research they still have not found a solution to the problem of cow farts.
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Yeah Jon, Cow Farts and the one you forgot “Politicians Hotair”!
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we are required by law to reclaim %100 of freon from all systems being replaced and or opened for service. You can reinstall the freon in the same system or on the same property. As system are being replaced and as Jon pointed out at some point there is more refrigerant available then demand even though production is limited or stopped in its entirety. There also some replacement refrigerants available for R22 as well.
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Doug,Is there a replacement for R22 that actually performs better?
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to my knowledge the drop in replacements perform the same no significant difference.
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