Derek Cole explains how to spot a refrigerant leak in your HVAC system. Listen for hissing sounds, and if you hear one, call a professional. Ignoring it is like ignoring bleeding: the system will keep losing refrigerant until it fails.
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How to detect the refrigerant leak in your H Vac system. Have you ever heard kind of a hissing noise from your system or a hissing noise from your unit? That is probably because you have a refrigerant leak. Now, in some cases, you actually have to call a professional, put nitrogen in the system to find that leak. But if you have a big leak, if you have a lot of refrigerant leaving, you're going to hear that noise, kind of that hissing noise, and you can say yourself, hey, Derek told me I have a refrigerant leak. I hear a hissing noise. That is a good sign that you have a leak. A leak is not good. It needs to be fixed, it needs to be sealed. It's kind of like when you're losing blood and you try to cover up with a band aid. It doesn't work very well. So if you're losing refrigerant, it needs to be fixed. If you're losing blood, you need to go to a doctor. Same thing with their system. If you are suspecting or hearing hiss, call a professional and see what's going on.