R-410A versus R-22 refrigerant

Flint · 10-26-2009, 09:12 PM

If you were buying a new central air conditioning system right now (before 2010) which type (R-22 or R-410A) would you go with? And why?

TheMercenary · 10-26-2009, 09:17 PM

I don't know which one is cheaper, one is going to be unavialable after 2010, I think. We went with the cheaper one.

Flint · 10-26-2009, 09:23 PM

Okay. Comments withheld because I don't want to influence the course of the discussion.

Oh, hell.

My understanding is that new R-22 equipment will not be manufactured after 2010. The R-22 refrigerant will continue to be produced until 2020.

TheMercenary · 10-26-2009, 09:28 PM

Well the cheaper stuff is good if you install it now. But it will not be available for sale on new units after 2010. It was like $1500 to $2000 cheaper to go with the older stuff. And hopefully I will not be in the same house in 10 years so who cares.

Flint · 10-26-2009, 09:29 PM

Yes. That's exactly what I said initially, and I still feel that may be the case. I need a working unit right now, i.e. the kind that everybody else in America currently has will do just fine. In 10 years, I will in no way be living in this house. To the buyers, I can say "brand new AC" in either case.

10-26-2009, 09:12 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	R-410A versus R-22 refrigerant If you were buying a new central air conditioning system right now (before 2010) which type (R-22 or R-410A) would you go with? And why? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-26-2009, 09:17 PM	#2
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I don't know which one is cheaper, one is going to be unavialable after 2010, I think. We went with the cheaper one. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

10-26-2009, 09:23 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Okay. Comments withheld because I don't want to influence the course of the discussion. Oh, hell. My understanding is that *new R-22 equipment* will not be manufactured after 2010. The *R-22 refrigerant* will continue to be produced until *2020. __________________ *************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-26-2009, 09:28 PM	#4
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Well the cheaper stuff is good if you install it now. But it will not be available for sale on new units after 2010. It was like $1500 to $2000 cheaper to go with the older stuff. And hopefully I will not be in the same house in 10 years so who cares. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

10-26-2009, 09:29 PM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Yes. That's exactly what I said initially, and I still feel that may be the case. I need a working unit right now, i.e. the kind that everybody else in America currently has will do just fine. In 10 years, I will in no way be living in this house. To the buyers, I can say "brand new AC" in either case. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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