An HCFC-22 refrigerant leak in its flooded tube-style chiller system threatened the Arcadia Ice Arena with a potential door-closing financial crisis, had it not been for the ingenuity of its maintenance engineer and today's commercial refrigeration leak sealants.
The 47-year-old rink in Phoenix was facing a potential mountain of costs due to a sudden, small, detectable leak in its flooded tube chiller. Losing some or all of the system's 1,100 pounds of R-22 at today's prices would have cost the rink tens of thousands of dollars to recharge it.