5 Options on AC Refrigerant LEAKS!
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- This video is about what options are presented to a homeowner and the HVAC technician when they find out the AC system is low on refrigerant. These systems typically have a freon leak and need to be repaired. The reason there are different options and not one goto process for every HVAC system that's low on freon or refrigerant is that systems can be old or new. They can also be under warranty or not. Finally, the leak could be small or huge. These situations are all considered when deciding the best way to move forward for a good permanent fix.
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0:00 Intro: Refrigerant Leak Options
1:30 Leak Find and Repair
2:24 HVAC Dye
4:37 Leak Seal Products
6:32 Cost of Repairs
7:04 Charge and Go
7:48 Replacement
8:02 Outro
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Here in Chicago, I just got quoted $800/lb for R22. I last charged the unit 3 years ago and paid $106/lb and it took 6 pounds. At $800/lb for 6 pounds that's the cost of a new unit. Obviously, a new unit is the route we took for just a bit more. Crazy!!!
Wow, that's a cheap system. Sounds like you got a good deal if it was only 5k for a new unit.
@@dreed302 I wish. It was closer to $7K.
Josh! Haven't seen you in ages, man. I've seen your signs around the area, (Gloucester) though! Love your videos - doing great 👍
Thanks pal. Hope you’re well.
For sure the cost of living, the cost of doing business, in the USA is insanely high. Seems that regardless of the profession, lifestyle and other our Government has their hands out all while the many middle men in industry are taking advantage of out of control sales prices, regardless of their costs. Just recently in the natural gas markets we saw exactly how the system works when those in charge allow folks to do as they please when they are in key positions of markets. Natural gas went up 5 times what it was in just 30 days then, after the USA complained much, only 60 days later the cost of gas is back to where it was yet the Ukraine war is still happening so that had zero to do with supply, it was all manipulation (stock market). When todays "gas" or r410a is $100 a pound and it was just $20 a pound a year ago, there is serious B.S. happening along the way from the manufacturers.
I’d love to get a quote for $100/lb for r410a. I think the lowest I’ve found is $124 here in good old FL
@@midlife_minimalistan sorry to hear the contractors on that area are gouging. Just paid 40 dollars a lb for r410a
Our 19-year old 3.5 Tempstar 12 Seer package heat pump didn't heat well this winter and our HVAC repairman said it was because it was a colder than usual winter and heat pumps don't heat well when the temperature starts getting closer to 32 degrees. Last summer our heat pump was working fine. He checked it in April and it didn’t have any R22, and he said he could put some sealant and add R22 for $800 but couldn’t guarantee it would work. You mentioned that a heat pump can stop working during the winter because it functions differently. Can you elaborate more on this and what could possibly be the cause or location of the leak. We're having a hard time finding a 15.2 Seer2 heat pump because according to HVAC contractors manufacturers are backlogged on producing the new DOE compliant heat pumps. The quotes we've received have only been for the 13.4 Seer2 heat pumps because supposedly that's all they have available and these don't qualify for a tax credit. If we could get one more summer out of our heat pump until the newer heat pumps are available that would be great. I should have asked this on your live event this past Tuesday. Thanks for making this video!
I've had a couple bad experiences with technicians installing refrigerant sealant. It tends to gum up everything. I will never use that stuff unless I'm trying to get one or two years out of equipment.
Just had 20 year old Gibson heat pump serviced, technician could find no leaks and unit is working well. He says unit will eventually fail so I should consider replacing. My thinking is if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. What say you?
With that tech's reasoning, you should replace an entire new system after a week in service because eventually, it will fail.
Can you please do video on the symptoms of unit that had a bad vacuum or no vacuum at all? Thx!
Yes
What are your thoughts on a customer adding some drying agent and leak stop to an older r22 system that has a slow leak in the evaporator. Mainly as a means of keeping the system running for a little longer?
R22 is "liquid gold" now. So I'd do what you can to keep it in there.
Thanks a bunch for the video. I wanted to ask what's the best practice for a system that has a small leak? Should technicians recover the refrigerant, make repairs, change filter, pressure test, and then add the refrigerant? Or add the leak stopper that could damage the compressor. I'm asking because I'm a homeowner and I discover a leak in the low pressure line in my attic. There is all this oil on the copper line where a brazen union is located. The system is 16 years old and it's still in good shape except for this one leak. All the technicians just want to add the leak stopper but I don't wan it near my unit. What do you recommend?
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I remember the old days of the charge and go made a lot of money and easy job. Thanks to the EPA it’s all gone
I AGREE, ALL OF THESE AGENCIES HAVE MADE LIFE A LOT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US. THE EPA IS A SCAM. THEY DO NOTHING WHEN IT'S REALLY NEEDED.
I’m trying to nurse my 2014 Payne-Carrier (running R22) system long enough to get my tenants thru summer until I can buy a new system for whenever HHEHRA kicks in in California. Would you recommend Stop Leak, vacuum out remaining R22 and replace it with 410c?
Do you have a refrigerant leak? Have anyone located the leak? 2014 isn’t that old
@@NewHVACGuide The people who came out and quickly determined I “needed a new system” thought I had a leak. Had my evap coils cleaned 3 weeks ago. Condenser coils on the roof have never been cleaned. Tech said they were “clean” and I had a capacitor “out of range”. I hate being at the mercy of these guys. I’m out of state….wish you were in San Diego and go look at it.
I have a leak that we can't find. It has even had dye put in. It supposedly lost 3.5 lbs in 4 weeks then froze up again in 2 weeks the sniffer didn't find anything and the dye shows nothing. What should I do?
DID YOU CHECK OUTSIDE AND DID YOU SEE ANY OIL RESIDUE ON THE COPPER PIPES
Man this video couldn't have come at a better time. Just gonna say it, most AC contractors take advantage of residential customers. Noticed my AC was running a bit long, grabbed the line and it was room temp outside without any sweating. Called 3 contractors to come out and look, was told the interior evap coil had a leak. Lennox unit was under warranty yet all quotes came in at 1400 to 1600. Let me tell ya I am a tradesperson, this job is less than 2 hours window time and less than 2 hours install. The refrigerant in line set was only 1.5lbs light and could be vacuumed and reused. Extremely frustrating that this trade chooses to flat rate quote rather than time and material. I can get a lawyer for less than what the hourly rate is. I understand overhead/cost to outfit a truck/cost of a service technician etc. Sad so many people are taken advantage of. I hope your company approaches this work different.
Why don't you do it yourself?
Dude your a tradesmen and don't know, you pay for an outcome. You don't pay someone for their time
You pay technicians for their experience and for the outcome after the repair. NOT FOR TIME
DIY...... If your a trades person than you know your way around a wrench.
I agree in that these HVAC guys think they are working on the space shuttle and that there is no way a home owner should attempt to do anything. They hide behind the EPA laws using them as to why home owners should not DIY. The reality is they are just using those laws to charge more money. They drive up in a F350 that gets 10MPG, not wearing a seat belt, after doing 80MPH, from a job they got paid in cash so they dont have to pay taxes..................................... AND THEN have the balls to write in a forum about how a home owner is breaking the law releasing a small amount of gas that has the destructive power of a cow fart and how they are breaking the law.
Its laughable!!!
Again, they don't care about the law or environment, they just want to make money with the laws.
If a said homeowner wants to do it correctly, cheap recovery equipment can be purchased on Amazon for under $400.
YOU'RE SO RIGHT! IT IS A VERY SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS. EVERYONE IS RIPPING YOU OFF.