{"id":1814,"date":"2021-05-17T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/blog\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2021-05-17T11:00:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T15:00:24","slug":"have-old-r-22-air-conditioner-lets-find-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/?p=1814","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have an Old R-22 Air Conditioner? Let\u2019s Find Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"refrigerant-from-AC\"If you read the title of this post and thought, \u201cA <\/span>what<\/span><\/i> air conditioner?\u201d, don\u2019t feel like you\u2019re missing vital information that you\u2019re supposed to know. Most homeowners aren\u2019t aware of the specifics of the manufacture of their air conditioning systems, such as what type of refrigerant they use.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, if you don\u2019t know about R-22 air conditioning systems, we\u2019re glad to provide you with this info. It\u2019s likely that you <\/span>don\u2019t<\/span><\/i> have an R-22 unit, but if you do, you\u2019ll want to have it replaced as soon as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, on to the details of what we\u2019re actually talking about\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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R-22 is a type of refrigerant that has been phased-out from use<\/b><\/h3>\n

Air conditioning systems use refrigerant to provide cooling for homes. The refrigerant is a blend of various chemicals that can easily change between liquid and gaseous states. This allows the refrigerant to quickly absorb heat from inside the house through evaporation and then release it outside the house through condensation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For decades, the standard refrigerant blend in residential air conditioners was a hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) blend called R-22. The brand name is Freon, which is sometimes confusing to people because \u201cfreon\u201d is often used to refer to <\/span>any <\/span><\/i>refrigerant blend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the 1990s, R-22 was discovered to be contributing to ozone-layer depletion, and in 2004 the US government started a phase-out program to eliminate the use of R-22. The phase-out was completed in January 2020. R-22 air conditioning systems are no longer manufactured, R-22 is not produced, and technicians cannot use existing supplies of R-22 to repair refrigerant leaks in air conditioners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How to tell if you have an R-22 air conditioner<\/b><\/h3>\n

If your AC is 10 years old or less, it doesn\u2019t use R-22, since the manufacture of R-22 air conditioners ended in 2010. But even if your air conditioner is between 10 to 15 years old, it probably isn\u2019t an R-22 unit and instead uses the replacement refrigerant, R-410 (a.k.a. Puron). However, you can easily check to make sure. Look on the nameplate for the AC located on the outdoor condenser cabinet. It will list the refrigerant type. R-22 can also be written as \u201cHCFC-22\u201d or just \u201c22.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Do I have to replace an R-22 unit?<\/b><\/h3>\n

It is to your benefit to have it replaced, yes. Because R-410A is a different pressure than R-22, it can\u2019t be put in an R-22 unit, so the old unit must be replaced to use the current refrigerant. If your old R-22 air conditioning system starts to leak refrigerant, it cannot be repaired because of the restrictions of the phase-out. And if you have an R-22 air conditioning system, it\u2019s probably almost 20 years old at this point, which is five years past when most air conditioners need to be replaced. You\u2019re already due for a new AC\u2014and R-410A air conditioners run better at higher efficiency. They\u2019re safer as well since R-410A is non-flammable.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you have any questions about your current AC, R-22, the phase-out,\u00a0or an air conditioning replacement in Lake City, FL<\/a>, our team is glad to help. We want you to have an environmentally friendly and effective air conditioner you can trust!<\/span><\/p>\n

Call Touchstone Heating and Air Inc 24\/7 for exceptional customer service!<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s likely that you don\u2019t have an R-22 unit, but if you do, you\u2019ll want to have it replaced as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[162],"class_list":["post-1814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-conditioning-service","tag-air-conditioning-system-replacement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}