Rooftop ac coolant recharge
Our 2010 Class C rooftop ac unit is operating just marginally. I've been told that they are "sealed units" and to recharge their freon coolant is tough. Who has had this work done and what has been t...
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rockhillmanor wrote:
Yes they are a sealed unit.
When I was in Florida the RV mobile repair ''taped into'' the line and recharged it.
That said.
Made my way to Wisconsin a year or so later and needed rv mobile repair to just look at my ac regarding a 'different' problem, 'not' related to refrigerant.
They got up there, saw the altered tap line on the ac refrigerated line and got back down off the roof and said they couldn't work on it.
All the new laws in place about refrigerated units and freon etc. prevents them from working on an altered refrigerated line on an ac.
Might depend on the state you are in how strict these regulations are taken.
I know when one of my house ac units at home had a slow leak. They filled it once and when I called them back the next year they could/would not refill it a second time.
California law states you need to recover the freon in the system ,you can't just discharge it into the atmosphere. Sounds like your repairmen were too cheap to buy the necessary equipment to do the job, and hadn't attended the necessary schooling to become certified to handle same. Once the freon is recovered you can use the same machine to recycle and clean the refrigerant. Issue is the various refrigerants cannot be mixed or they need to go to a recycler and there's another fee. Different refrigerants for different applications. Last machine I purchased for our shop was up towards 10K.
