If your air conditioner uses R-22 refrigerant and the refrigerant leaks, it will be expensive to recharge the system. In the very near future, it will likely become either cost-prohibitive or ...

BROOKFIELD -- You may not know the chemical used in your A/C, but that may soon change. The U.S. government will soon stop the manufacturing of a chemical, eating away at the ozone. It is called 'R-22 ...

Your air conditioner is not suddenly obsolete in 2026, but the rules around what goes inside it are changing fast. Whether you can keep repairing the system you have now largely comes down to which ...

When it's boiling hot outside, it's time to turn down the temperature inside. But anyone who has called an air conditioning repairman lately for a refrigerant boost knows prices are up after the ...

During an air conditioning tune-up or even a new system installation, you may hear words like Puron, Freon, R-22 or R-410A. These are the technical and brand names of widely used refrigerants found in ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Retrofitting HFC refrigerants into systems designed for HCFC-22 is gaining attention especially in refrigeration because that sector moved especially fast to R-22 when CFCs faced ...

Homeowners who have an air-conditioning system installed before 2010 could be in for a shock when their unit needs more Freon. While Freon, the Dupont/Chemours Co. brand name for the refrigerant R-22, ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- With a string of 80-degree days ahead, chances are good your air conditioner will get lots of use. Metro Heating & Cooling is already getting calls. "It's time to have the ...