::: WHAT IS PURON REFRIGERANT :::

PURON -THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND REFRIGERANT::
Most air conditioners and heat pumps use a refrigerant known as R-22. Emissions of this refrigerant into the earth's atmosphere are known to deplete the earth's ozone layer that protects all living things from harmful rays from the sun.

Currently, in the U. S. alone, there are over 1,000,000 homes that enjoy comfort as a result of non-ozone depleting Puron® refrigerant in their air conditioners or heat pumps. By choosing higher efficiency equipment that uses Puron refrigerant, you'll enjoy enhanced comfort, more reliable products, money savings and environmentally sound operation all at once. At the same time, you'll protect yourself from the potentially rising service costs associated with R-22 refrigerant.

WHY DO YOU NEED A NEW REFRIGERANT::
Puron refrigerant replaces other refrigerants that may cause the earth's ozone layer to diminish. The United States agreed to provisions in the 1987 Montreal Protocol and instituted the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. This law prescribes the phase out of ozone-depleting chemicals such as CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons) and HCFCs (Hydrochlorofluorocarbons).

Once targeted HCFC, R-22 refrigerant, has been used in residential and light commercial cooling systems for the past 60 years.

WILL THE COST OF R22 GO UP IN THE FUTURE::
In 2004, the Clean Air Act called for a 25 percent reduction in the supply of HCFCs. Like any other item, as supply is reduced, the costs for that item increases. In the year 2010, no new equipment may be manufactured that use R-22 refrigerant, which suggests that HCFC refrigerant is obsolete. Additionally, as HCFCs are further reduced, R-22 refrigerant may increase in cost. Additionally, as HCFCs are further reduced, R-22 refigerant may increase in cost as did R-12.

WILL R22 BE AROUND IN 2020::
Probably not. Two independently published reports state that with production caps for 2004 and again in 2010, there will not be enough R-22 to meet service demands by the year 2015.

HOW DOES A SYSTEM WORK::
Regardless of the refrigerant used, air conditioners all basically work the same way. They absorb heat inside your home and then realease it outside.

Air conditioning relies on the principle that a fluid at low pressure will boil (or condense) at low temperatures but when the fluid is raised to higher pressures, it will boil or condense at higher temperatures.