Freon Removal

**freonjoe** · 06-18-2012, 11:45 PM

Most newer refrigerators (since about 1994) have 6 to 8 ounces of 134A which is worth 50 cents a pound on a good day. Residentual A/C's can have 1 to as much as 8 pounds of R22. Big roof units can have as much as 80 pounds of R22 in them. When you expect your shop to earn at least 50 bucks an hour, doing random evacuations for people for free is not cost effective.

**Mechanic688** · 06-19-2012, 12:51 AM

Originally Posted by waredu

If this stuff is so valuable, it seems to me that one should be able to find an HVAC shop willing to empty appliances for free. Is that not the case or am I just naive in thinking this?

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