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R22 Refrigerant is Being Phased Out

Published on February 14, 2017
R22 Refrigerant 617

In 2016 we told you about the R22 phase out and with summer approaching, Epperson Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning wanted to remind you of your choices.

RECAP:

If you have an air conditioning system installed before 2010, it probably uses R22 refrigerant, which is what keeps the air coming from your air conditioner cool and pleasant. The United States EPA began phasing out R22 refrigerant in recent years because it was adding to the depletion of the Earth’s ozone layer.

Launching in 2010, the manufacturing and importing of R22 was prohibited and by 2020, R22 will basically no longer be allowed.

HIGHLIGHTS:

R22 refrigerant is no longer manufactured in North America.

You can purchase recycled R22 now for existing air conditioners that use this certain refrigerant.

The cost of R22 is increasing because of the dropping supply, and will no longer be available for use at all by 2020.

GOT IT? GOOD! SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?

If your AC equipment was produced after January 2010, the R22 refrigerant phase-out probably won’t affect you. However, if your AC equipment was manufactured before January 2010, you have a few options:

1) Purchase an upgraded, more environmentally-friendly system, which uses the approved air conditioner refrigerant.

2) Call an expert to replace the parts in your current AC equipment to help make it compatible with approved A/C refrigerant. However, this is not recommended because it could invalidate your warranty(ies).

3) Keep using recycled R22 until 2020.

READY TO BE DONE WITH IT?

If you don’t want to have to worry about the issue of your refrigerant being phased-out, or you don’t want to stress about the rising costs of said refrigerant, or you just want to love the environment with a non-ozone destroying refrigerant, call Epperson Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning today and we’ll come out and provide you a complimentary in-home estimate on a new air conditioner, just in time for spring!

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