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woodman1
Explorer
May 13, 2014

Did they change refridgerant type in newer A/C's ?

Ordering my new 5th wheel. Dealer recommended 3 a/c on a 39 ft model. They said in 2012 government made them use different freon and it doesn't cool like the older ones, according to Dometic. Anyone h...
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TXiceman
Explorer II
May 14, 2014
I love to hear the stupid stories that RV dealers come up with. The newer units have R410a as a refrigerant rather than the R22 which was phased out for all new production units. There is no difference in cooling between an older R22 unit and a newer R410A unit. Both produce the same 15,000BTUH.

Now where there was some capacity reduction or poor cooling was in converting an R22 unit over to a new refrigerant blend. New units are designed to operate on the new refrigerants.

Ken

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