What a load. They take condensers that still have refrigerant in them and vent into air unless it’s R22, 12, other older refrigerant that can be reclaimed for decent money. Strip out the coils(hopefully copper) and sell the whole mess. Smarter ones watch commodity prices and sell when copper and tin prices are up. Broke ones just take that days price and go on being poor boys
What a load. They take condensers that still have refrigerant in them and vent into air unless it’s R22, 12, other older refrigerant that can be reclaimed for decent money. Strip out the coils(hopefully copper) and sell the whole mess. Smarter ones watch commodity prices and sell when copper and tin prices are up. Broke ones just take that days price and go on being poor boys
Bro if you recycle your old equipment learn to use a recovery machine and use recovery tanks. Resi installer 101. You guys are adding hella labor by doing the recovery twice
A pump down takes about 5-10 mins to pump all the refrigerant into the condenser. Recovering the refrigerant takes 30-45 mins, depending on how many pounds are in the unit
@@user-cz8do7xl8uThat still takes longer than pumping a system down for removal. Unless the compressor is dead, that will move gas to be isolated far faster than recovering.
Suction line dude, anyways just crack the valve and walk away…. F the epa
Why would they vent refrigerant that they sell to customers for $300/lb or more?
What a load. They take condensers that still have refrigerant in them and vent into air unless it’s R22, 12, other older refrigerant that can be reclaimed for decent money. Strip out the coils(hopefully copper) and sell the whole mess. Smarter ones watch commodity prices and sell when copper and tin prices are up. Broke ones just take that days price and go on being poor boys
What a load. They take condensers that still have refrigerant in them and vent into air unless it’s R22, 12, other older refrigerant that can be reclaimed for decent money. Strip out the coils(hopefully copper) and sell the whole mess. Smarter ones watch commodity prices and sell when copper and tin prices are up. Broke ones just take that days price and go on being poor boys
You should report them because venting ANY FREONS will result in a fine of 37 thousand dollars or more per AC. It's outright Illegal in every state
Bro, just reclaim the refrigerant before you cut the lineset?!? WTF?
We do sometimes, depends on the scenario.
Bro if you recycle your old equipment learn to use a recovery machine and use recovery tanks. Resi installer 101. You guys are adding hella labor by doing the recovery twice
A pump down takes about 5-10 mins to pump all the refrigerant into the condenser. Recovering the refrigerant takes 30-45 mins, depending on how many pounds are in the unit
@@jonahlawrence1929 Vacuum your recovery tank to 500microns, put it in a bucket of ice and it will likely pull most of if not all into the tank.
@@user-cz8do7xl8uThat still takes longer than pumping a system down for removal. Unless the compressor is dead, that will move gas to be isolated far faster than recovering.
That’s not called a liquid line bud
What is it called? It is not a heat pump.. straight a/c unit. Suction=big. Liquid=small.
@@staycoolclimatecontrolan AC only unit is still a heat pump…