{"id":1668,"date":"2021-05-24T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2021-05-24T12:39:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T16:39:00","slug":"what-kind-of-refrigerant-is-your-ac-using","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/what-kind-of-refrigerant-is-your-ac-using\/","title":{"rendered":"What Kind of Refrigerant Is YOUR AC Using?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Question-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Question-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Question-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Question-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Question-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Question.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Air conditioners depend on the use of refrigerant for the cooling process to take place. As it&#8217;s cycled from coil to coil, pressurized into a gas and a liquid, it moves heat around so that we can enjoy comfortable temperatures on the hottest days of the year. Without refrigerant, we&#8217;d still be relying on box fans and we&#8217;d probably be a lot grumpier throughout the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That being said, refrigerant can be a touchy subject. For any homeowners who aren&#8217;t familiar, there are several different types of refrigerant and two of them are becoming household names. When it comes to <a href=\"\/air-conditioning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"air conditioning in Laplace, LA, (opens in a new tab)\">air conditioning in Laplace, LA,<\/a> there&#8217;s Freon and Puron, both different types of refrigerant that different homeowners depend on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That being said, if you&#8217;re unsure as to which refrigerant your AC is using, or you&#8217;re unclear as to why there&#8217;s a difference, then we hope you&#8217;ll keep reading. There&#8217;s a <em>big<\/em> reason why homeowners should know their AC&#8217;s refrigerant type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2>The Two Main Types of Refrigerant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s get started in the most obvious place\u2014the two major types of refrigerant that our air conditioners use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>R-22.<\/strong> Also known as &#8220;Freon,&#8221; R-22 has been the standard refrigerant material since the birth of the air conditioner. It&#8217;s a hydrochlorofluorocarbon that is widespread around the United States and has recently come under scrutiny for being toxic for the environment and leading to the disintegration of the Earth&#8217;s ozone layer.<\/li><li><strong>R-410A<\/strong>. Also known as &#8220;Puron,&#8221; this refrigerant is a recent innovation in the field of refrigeration technology. It&#8217;s a much less hazardous material to use for refrigerant and its widespread use has helped reduce the depletion of the ozone layer.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically, R-22 is the old type of refrigerant that has slowly been phased out of our air conditioners for a good reason. R-410 has steadily taken its place as the most common refrigerant type we see in air conditioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>The Phaseout of 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past 10 years, air conditioners have been constructed to use R-410A explicitly. Manufacturers knew that eventually Freon would be phased out and we would be only using R-410A. However, many homeowners still have old air conditioners that rely on R-22. Because R-410 and R-22 need to be pressurized differently and used by different systems, you can&#8217;t just exchange one refrigerant out for another. You&#8217;re almost always better of replacing your old, Freon-using system for a new one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ever since January of 2020, Freon has been phased out of the market and is not being produced by the US anymore. This means that the remaining R-22 refrigerant either comes from private stockpiles or overseas, which is going to cause the price to skyrocket. If your AC runs on R-22, it&#8217;s time to make a change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>It&#8217;s Time for an Upgrade<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry, if your air conditioner still uses old refrigerant, then chances are pretty likely that it&#8217;s ancient and requires replacement anyways. Only older models are still using Freon, and those old models tend to be drastically less efficient than their younger siblings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call our team today and tell us about your refrigerant predicament. We promise we&#8217;ll help find an AC system that&#8217;s right for your home, at the right price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"\/contact\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"When you need it done right, call Professional Heating &amp; Air. (opens in a new tab)\">When you need it done right, call Professional Heating &amp; Air.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air conditioners depend on refrigerant for the cooling process to take place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70],"tags":[13,127],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1668"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1671,"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668\/revisions\/1671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aprofessionalheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}