Sideshow Bob
Aug 19, 2008, 10:38 AM
Our A/C unit is slowly going on the fritz: struggling to provide cool air, now the 2nd time this summer. Technician came out to the house and suggested we remove the current unit, which uses R-22, and replace it with one that uses R410-A since the R-22 is getting forced out anyway.
Now my understanding, based on a few threads I've read here, is that starting in 2010 I won't have a choice, since any newly-manufactured A/C unit will no longer be allowed to use R-22. But that's 16 months from now.
So... ignoring the issue of what's better for the environment, would it not be simpler and cheaper (at least in terms of upfront costs, which is important to me) to simply yank out the old A/C unit and put in another that uses R-22, before the 2010 deadline? It isn't clear to me I guess how much work and $$$ is needed to swap out an old A/C unit for a new one, if both are based on the same R-22 technology.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Now my understanding, based on a few threads I've read here, is that starting in 2010 I won't have a choice, since any newly-manufactured A/C unit will no longer be allowed to use R-22. But that's 16 months from now.
So... ignoring the issue of what's better for the environment, would it not be simpler and cheaper (at least in terms of upfront costs, which is important to me) to simply yank out the old A/C unit and put in another that uses R-22, before the 2010 deadline? It isn't clear to me I guess how much work and $$$ is needed to swap out an old A/C unit for a new one, if both are based on the same R-22 technology.
Any thoughts appreciated.