COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Homeowners and city officials are working on plans to upgrade new air conditioning units ahead of January 1, 2020. That’s because a ban on one type of refrigerant will halt the ...

Did you notice your air conditioner didn’t make your home super cold this summer or the unit keeps freezing up? Even though summer is over, this is actually a great time to have the system checked. If ...

Most air conditioners use one of two types of refrigerant: R-22 or R-410A. I've never paid any attention to this detail while inspecting houses because it didn't make much difference, but that's all ...

Beginning on January 1, 2020, producing or importing R22 freon will become illegal in the United States. Given the refigerant’s ozone-damaging properties, the move is the latest step in the EPA’s ...

The demise of HCFC-22 as a refrigerant in new air conditioning equipment and the rise of HFC-410A as a long-term alternative have been talked about for years now. But in general, contractors are still ...

Question: Do I need to replace my R-22 system with an R410A refrigerant? — Noah, Plantation. Answer: The "Clean Air Act" mandates that all HVAC equipment manufacturers stop production of equipment ...

The year 2020 will capture attention for being an election year and perhaps for the summer Olympics in Tokyo. On the homeownership side of things, however, it’s the year that an old ozone-eating ...

The Russian Customs Service started requesting licenses from suppliers of air conditioners, refrigerators and other equipment containing the freon R-410 from November 12 MOSCOW, December 3. /TASS/. A ...

(CBS) SACRAMENTO, Ca. - Police in northern California say crooks have hit upon an increasingly popular way to chill out - by stealing the freon gas in air conditioners, and getting high on it. Most ...