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Air Conditioning Fuel Consumption!

You're wrong.

There are laws regulating its USE, but it is not an illegal substance. In the US, its perfectly legal to:

a) possess R-12 in a functioning cooling system b) Purchase R-12 to replace refrigerant in a repaired R-12 system provided you have the proper licenses to buy the refrigerant and perform the service. c) Reclaim used R-12, recycle, purify, and re-sell it provided you have the proper licenses d) Possess as much R-12 as you want, regardless of whether you hold a license, if you bought it before the licensing requirements were enacted

It is not legal to:

a) Manufacture new R-12 b) Manufacture new refrigeration systems using R-12 c) vent R-12 (or any other refrigerant, for that matter) to the atmosphere d) Buy R-12 without the correct licenses e) etc.

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Steve
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I wouldn't worry about it. R-22 sytems, unlike R-12 systems, are hermetically sealed and will only leak in the event a component fails. If THAT happens, you're going to be replacing a major component (evaporator, condensor) or the compressor has locked up anyway, so it would make more sense to replace the unit as a whole. It is already illegal to charge up a *known leaking* R-22 system, so having a stash on hand is very unlikely to actually do you any good. About the only time it might come in handy is if some accident damages a very easily repaired part of the system, such as a suction or discharge line connecting your outdoor condensing unit to the indoor evaporator unit. Slim odds, indeed.

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