Refrigerant Buying Guide: Comparing Options to Find What’s Best For Your Needs
Before picking out a new refrigerant for a unit, you’ll want to make sure you’re caught up on the refrigerant types, new regulations and what to consider before picking one out.
Overview of Refrigerant Categories
What is Refrigerant: A Guide to Refrigerant for Commercial Equipment
Refrigerant is an essential chemical that ensures equipment can keep temperatures cold and operate efficiently. Handling refrigerants is a serious duty that should only be performed by technicians who have been properly certified. If you need to start looking into what is refrigerant for commercial equipment, we have the guide...
Refrigerant Safety Tips For Technicians
Handling refrigerants is meant for certified technicians only, which is why it’s essential to stay informed on safety when it comes to these powerful chemicals. Follow along below to get all the refrigerant safety tips for technicians, including tools, PPE and more. Refrigerant is the foundation for functional commercial equipment,...
Master How to Add Refrigerant to an AC Unit in 12 Easy Steps
Scotsman Ice Machine Repair
Scotsman is an international corporation that manufactures ice makers. These ice makers are available in different models unique in producing Ice cubes of different shapes and textures. Although this equipment is efficient in working and easy to use still, it may start causing problems. That's why Scotsman ice machines troubleshooting...
How to Recharge the Freon in a Commercial Refrigerator or Freezer
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs,) often known as Freon®, and their replacements, hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), are being phased out, globally. Consequently, R-22, HCFC-141b, HCFC-142b can no longer be produced or imported into the United States. Freon that has been stockpiled or that is cleaned and recycled, however,...
R32 vs R290 vs R134a vs R12 Refrigerant
With more refrigeration and HVAC units being retrofitted to support new refrigerant bans and protocols, knowing about these key chemicals is crucial to maintenance and repairs. When technicians and facility managers search the web to learn about the refrigerant in the unit they're working on, there are four types that often...
U.S. Refrigerant Phase Out Chart & Info
In the United States, hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerants are being slowly phased out from production or being importing. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) still allows many of these types of HCFCs refrigerants to be used in repairs or retrofitting. However, without new production, the cost is becoming more...
Global Warming Potential of Refrigerants
When working with refrigerants like R22 and R134A, it's important to know what their Global Warming Potential is. Knowing the refrigerant's GWP is crucial for many reasons, especially when charging, sealing and other tasks so you may continue to work responsibly with such materials.
What Happens If You Put R134a in an R12 System?
There are many answers to the question of whether or not you can put R134a refrigerant into an R12 system, and that’s for good reason. R134a and R12 are two different types of refrigerant used in A/C and refrigeration systems, and while they have the same function (cooling), they are actually opposites of one another. That’s...
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