R-22 Phase Out

R-410a Refrigerant Arlington TX

If you must buy new a/c unit this summer, go with the ones with R-410a. R-22 can not be made after this year and the cost of Freon will go up.

The year 2010 marks an important U.S. milestone for ozone protection with the phase out of R-22, an ozone depleting refrigerant used in some new air-conditioning systems for more than four decades.

To meet this environmental challenge, Carrier Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), introduced non-ozone depleting alternative cooling solutions with Puron refrigerant, approved in 1997 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Prior to Puron refrigerant, most residential air conditioners and heat pumps used R-22 refrigerant, a chlorine-containing refrigerant that can contribute to depletion of the earth’s ozone layer, according to the KTH-EGI Phase out of R22 Refrigerant Study.

Arlington air conditioning experts can help you make tis transition. Call today to find out what you need to do. The equivalent or generic name for Puron.