Derek Cole explains that a properly sealed HVAC system shouldn't need refrigerant added every year. If you're topping it up annually, you have a leak that needs fixing, not a system that consumes refrigerant like fuel.
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Foreign. I'm Derek Cole, host of the Derek Cole Podcast and we believe in taking the time to explain how things work for your air at home or your business. Let's get into today's episode. Please listen closely and maybe even take some notes so you can remember these insights of home comfort and energy savings. And share this episode with three of your friends because we all need to share better ways to be more comfortable at home. Be sure to tag me or DM me on Instagram Derek Mcole so I can say hi. Thanks again for listening and let's begin.
It is not normal for your unit.
To take refrigerant every single year.
The unit is not using up refrigerant, it uses refrigerant. Kind of reference this as your body. If your body starts spewing blood out.
Of your arm, okay, we shouldn't be spewing blood.
I shouldn't need more blood unless I'm losing blood, right?
So I shouldn't need more refrigerant unless I'm losing refrigerant. If you're leaking refrigerant and you need refrigerant in your system, it's because you're having a leak and you need to fix a leak so you stop spending the money every single year on one or two pounds of R22 or R410 a, whatever the refrigerant is. That way you have a sealed system. It should not be leaking out again. You don't need to recharge that unit every single year. It uses refrigerant, but it doesn't use up the refrigerant and need more.
Obviously if it's running low in the refrigerant, kind of like your body running low on blood, you're going to have a problem, right? So if you don't have enough blood, you have a problem. If your system does have enough refrigerant, you will also have problems.
So get the leak fixed. See what the cause is. Instead of putting band aids on it, which is adding more refrigerant, actually go to the cause and stop it.
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