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Old 12-11-2023, 07:09 AM
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Yes, remember in the mid 80s the old practice for repair was to vent all the Freon to the air, fix, vacuum and refill. Reclamation receiver equipment wasn’t/still isn’t cheap and loss of Freon was the original symptom to malfunctioning ACs. This made it less and less of a possibility to even repair systems. R 11 Chillers are a whole different story.
I could be wrong, but I think it may now be illegal to vent the refrigerant to the air, and HVAC companies need to account for the refrigerant they remove from old systems.