So you think "Stop Leak" addatives are ok to use...

hvaclover

.....on a resi system.

Check this out


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HVACWalter

Great resource. Thanks for posting that video. Maybe there should be a section just for videos?

gene2

A great way to protect your equipment, we don't do automotive at all but I see it coming quickly to residential & commercial units. I invested in the original technology for this about 15 years ago, at the time it was so expensive versus just topping off, never recovered initial costs so dropped it. I had the same concerns. Rising refrigerant costs will soon make this more attractive in all markets.

Still one question unanswered. If you shouldn't recover it, of coarse it is illegal to vent, what do you do with the refrigerant? Very few customers will pay for new recovery equipment or related cost.

It seems to me over 32 years that the tech gets stuck between a rock & a hard place with the regulations & technical advances imposed. Spiking commodities costs, energy efficiency requirements forces we contractors to raise our prices, the builders & customers just return a blank stare like we are thieves because they don't hear of these issues & think we are making it up. The illegal jack legs just reinforces that perception with the public because they don't legally participate and we all know the public will buy chinese instead of local to save 10 cents. I enjoy this trade and applaud efforts to improve efficiency but the only thing the government does is make it easier for jacklegs to make more money through lack of enforcement. JMHO

hvaclover

A great way to protect your equipment, we don't do automotive at all but I see it coming quickly to residential & commercial unit end quote

Gene2,

The whole idea was to show that the stop leak product should not be introduced into hvac equipment. All of the blockages shown in the video would hamper resi and comm equip function.

Since this product would be attractive to the customer who "tops off' his leaking equipment and won't bear the cost of a leak repair, he will over the the life time of the equipment have air introduced by the "gas and go" tech.
If the customer does not care enough about his equipment to maintain it properly, then I don't see any tech who will take the time to purge his lines and follow the usual protocols to avoid introducing moisture into the system. This is why STOP LEAK is not a viable resource for hvac.

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