{"id":695,"date":"2015-12-07T11:17:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T16:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolbreeze.com\/blog\/?p=695"},"modified":"2015-12-02T11:17:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T16:17:14","slug":"a-reminder-regarding-r-22-and-replacing-your-air-conditioner-or-heat-pump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolbreeze.com\/blog\/air-conditioning-service\/a-reminder-regarding-r-22-and-replacing-your-air-conditioner-or-heat-pump\/","title":{"rendered":"A Reminder Regarding R-22 and Replacing Your Air Conditioner or Heat Pump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Right now, the only thing that starts with \u201cR2\u201d that you\u2019re probably thinking about is R2-D2. We don\u2019t blame you, since we\u2019re excited about the new <em>Star Wars<\/em> film as well\u2026 and it\u2019s opening in only 11 days from now! (Not that we\u2019re counting down or anything.)<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>However, there is another \u201cR2\u201d to think about now, especially if you have an old heat pump or air conditioner in your home. It\u2019s called R-22, and it refers to an old type of chemical blend used for refrigerant. The name <em>Freon<\/em> is often used to refer to all refrigerants, but Freon is actually a brand name. There are multiple different refrigerant blends used in refrigeration equipment. If you have an air conditioning system or heat pump that is well over a decade old, it may use R-22. In that case, <a href=\"\/air-conditioning\/ac-replacement\">it\u2019s time you replaced with a new unit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Why? What\u2019s wrong with R-22?<\/h3>\n<p>The issue with R-22 is that <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.epa.gov\/ozone\/title6\/phaseout\/22phaseout.html\">the U.S. government is phasing it out<\/a>. R-22 is an ozone-depleting gas, and the U.S. government started a phaseout program for it in 1999 with the goal of eventually eliminating its use altogether. As of 2010, R-22 can no longer be used for any new equipment. That means it\u2019s possible your AC or heat pump uses R-22 if you purchased it more than six years ago.<\/p>\n<p>You can still have service for a system that uses R-22\u2014at least for the moment. The next step in the phaseout will cease the manufacture of R-22 altogether, so you won\u2019t be able to have the refrigerant in the system recharged if it develops leaks. This will make other repairs more difficult as well.<\/p>\n<p>Since most ACs last between 10\u201315 years, it\u2019s probably already time for you to have a new air conditioner or heat pump installed. New systems use R-410A, which is not only better for the ozone layer, it helps make the systems more efficient. And you won\u2019t have to worry about finding repairs for it when it encounters problems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Kool Breeze of Northwest Florida, Inc. offer <a href=\"\/air-conditioning\/ac-replacement\">air conditioning<\/a> and <a href=\"\/air-conditioning\/heat-pumps\">heat pump replacement<\/a> in Ft. Walton Beach, FL.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right now, the only thing that starts with \u201cR2\u201d that you\u2019re probably thinking about is R2-D2. We don\u2019t blame you, since we\u2019re excited about the new Star Wars film as well\u2026 and it\u2019s opening in only 11 days from now! (Not that we\u2019re counting down or anything.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70],"tags":[14,108],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolbreeze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolbreeze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolbreeze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolbreeze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolbreeze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolbreeze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":696,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolbreeze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions\/696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolbreeze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolbreeze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolbreeze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}