Articles Tagged with ''refrigerant leaks''

A technician adds a refrigerant sealant to the suction side of a residential air conditioning unit. Photo courtesy of Nu-Calgon

Do You Use Refrigerant Leak-stop Agents?

Proponents, detractors weigh in on the quick fix versus solid solution debate

April 4, 2016

Some contractors have used leak-stop agents successfully for years and consider them practical and cost-effective ways to seal small, hard-to-find leaks in systems. Other contractors feel strongly that only two things belong in a system: refrigerant and oil.

Seafood Companies to Pay Nearly $500,000 in Penalties Due to Refrigerant Releases

Settlement announced by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice

March 10, 2016

Two seafood processing and cold storage companies, Ocean Gold Seafoods Inc. and Ocean Cold LLC, have agreed to cut R-22 refrigerant releases from leaking refrigeration equipment at their facilities in Westport, Washington, and pay $495,000 in penalties for environmental violations.

Ice Breaker: When in Doubt, Don’t Just Change It Out

Techs must seek to prove their diagnosis, not randomly swap out parts

Joe Marchese

March 7, 2016

Verifying a diagnosis will take additional time, but this is time well spent. It will actually save time and money for both the technician and the customer by reducing the amount of callbacks and reducing the replacement of non-defective components on the job. It will also allow the technician to leave the job with peace of mind, knowing he has made a correct diagnosis.

DiversiTech Acquires Cliplight Manufacturing

Expanded product line, including Super Seal™ brand, will aid HVAC contractors

January 25, 2016

DiversiTech Corp., a leading manufacturer and supplier of HVACR parts and accessories, announced that it has purchased Cliplight Manufacturing Co., a Toronto-based manufacturer of HVACR sealants, work lights, and battery charger products.

RectorSeal Acquires AC Leak Freeze Refrigeration Sealant Product Line

Acquisition supplements RectorSeal’s product line and complements its refrigerant service product category

January 4, 2016

RectorSeal® Corp. announced that it has acquired the assets of Universal Technologies Inc., Baltimore, and its AC Leak Freeze™ brands of refrigeration and air conditioning system leak repair sealants.

Do You Use Refrigerant Leak-Stop Additives?

Are they an effective long-term solution, or a temporary quick fix?

Ron Rajecki

January 4, 2016

What comes to mind when the topic is leak-stop additives for refrigeration systems? Do you use them at your company? A well-respected and very knowledgeable source gives some credit for today's low leak rates to good manufacturing techniques, but he also credits leak-stop additives.

Btu Buddy 150: Leak in a Cooling Coil

Bill Johnson

September 21, 2015

Bob and Tim were on a job where one of the other technicians had been having a hard time with a persistent leak. He thought the leak was somewhere in the indoor unit, but he could not pinpoint it.

Spectronics Corp.: Leak Detector

August 24, 2015

The Spectroline® VioMAX Plus (P/N VMP-400CS) telescopic, violet light leak detection lamp finds a/c leaks in tight, cramped areas not accessible to larger, bulkier lamps.

Heated Diode Refrigerant Leak Detector

LED probe light illuminates dark job sites

June 29, 2015

Extech Instruments has introduced the RD300, a heated diode refrigerant leak detector that pinpoints leaks of all CFC, HCFC, and HFC refrigerants with three levels of sensitivity to leaks as small as 0.25 ounce (7 grams) per year.

Extech Instruments: Refrigerant Leak Detector

June 8, 2015

The RD300 is a heated diode refrigerant leak detector that pinpoints chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC), and hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerant leaks with three levels of sensitivity to leaks as small as 0.25 ounces per year (7 grams per year).

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