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	Separating Fact From Fiction Our own panel of “mythbusters” agreed to dispel some of the most common rumors about R-410A. Jeff Goss, product manager, Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems, and Ron Vogl, marketing manager, Honeywell Genetron Refrigerants, help clear up the confusion surrounding R-410A. by Joanna R. Turpin

What's Taking So Long to Convert to R-410A? In just over eight months, R-22 will no longer be available in new cooling systems. The next industry standard for new equipment installations has essentially turned to R-410A. So why are many delaying the transition? Manufacturers say the possibilities include the higher cost of R-410A, the poor economy, and fear of change. by Joanna R. Turpin

R-422B Testing and Controversy Discussed Though a vast majority of equipment manufacturers have decided to transition their new equipment from R-22 to R-410A, there is still a controversial issue with regard to servicing existing equipment in the field. One of the options considered is the drop-in refrigerant R-422B. by Mike Murphy

Polyolester Oils: Handling the New Lubricant in R-410A Systems With the approach of 2010, the industry will be faced with a shift in both refrigerants and system lubricants. The impending phaseout of chlorine-based refrigerants mandates that the industry move to lubricants that work satisfactorily with the new hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants. by Al Maier and Marc Scancarello

How One Contractor Deals With Recovery It has only been in recent years that contractors have begun to embrace the reclamation option. Favret Heating and Cooling, Columbus, Ohio, is one contractor who has been utilizing recovery and reclamation. Its story can illustrate some of the challenges and opportunities.

Refrigerant Talk Urges Reclaim

The HVACR industry is facing a shortfall of R-22 as early as 2010 rather than 2015 as had been expected. So talk is now on alternative HFC refrigerants that can be retrofitted into R-22 systems and the need for a major step up in reclamation efforts. Driving the focus was the recent release of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed allocation rule.

by Peter Powell

Powell’s Ponderings: Not So Silent on Refrigerant Front Silent night? The eve of this past Christmas Eve was hardly silent and calm in the HVACR industry. For on that day — Dec. 23 — the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register two proposed rules that launched a double barrel of initial confusion, then consternation, and now concern. by Peter Powell

Why R-410A as the Refrigerant of Choice?

HFC-410A has been around for more than a dozen years, even though the HVACR industry is just now ready to really embrace it. In the more than a decade of its existence, hundreds upon hundreds of stories, flyers, info sheets, PowerPoint presentations, and slides have been produced talking about it. With the demise of R-22, it will — if it already hasn’t — become the most important refrigerant in the industry.

by Peter Powell

Why Does R-22 Have to go Away? So why does R-22 have to go? It’s a great refrigerant. Been around for decades. Easy to work with. Cheap (at least for most of its life). Or, more precisely, who or what is to blame for it going away? by Peter Powell

No Falling Sky Fears This Time, Yet, a Lot of Work to Be Done

The sky is falling? Maybe that was the fear in the past. But, not this time when it comes to the transition from HCFC-22 to HFC-410A. In the coming months, The NEWS will cover every aspect of the changeover that you will want to explore in your company: from the installation to the service, from the training to the marketing, and from the business management to the selling.

by Peter Powell

HVAC and EPA at Odds It sure seems like Dec. 31, 2009 is a long way off, especially with the ink just drying on recent New Year’s resolutions. Still, it will be here rather quickly, and with it the beginning of the somewhat ballyhooed change from HCFC to HFC refrigerants. by Mike Murphy

EPA Proposed Rules Muddle R-22 Equipment Timeline The industry’s long held belief that any R-22 equipment manufactured before 2010 could legally be sold, installed, and serviced for years thereafter has run into a bit of confusion with the publication in the Federal Register of two Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Notices of Proposed Rulemaking. by Peter Powell

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