A new refrigerant buyer for me. - Page 2

Sorry for the late update on this thread. I received my test reports and I ended up with 313# of R22 that was 99.5 purity, 186# of mixed R22 that was 88% purity, 108# of mixed R12 that was 94.6% purity and 109# of R410A that was 76% purity. Needless to say, I had to pay a disposal fee on the R410A. The customer that gave me the mixed R410A is now on my banned list!

hopefully disposal fee wasn't to bad

I got the disposal fee down to 2.50 a pound. I'm still not happy about that.

Anything other than ban that customer you can do in the future to avoid this happening again? Mike

Mike, I did request all my tanks back from them.

Freonjoe
very nice thread. Do you have multiple recovery units running? How long does it take you to do x amount of units?
We get dozens of fridges and a few AC units here and there and are planning on getting the right setup.
Our yard takes them with refrig and has a company do the recovery for it. I am thinking a worker can recover the non ferrous that's easy to get to while the units run, right? Little extra money? Also we currently give our scrap away, cause it's just easier. But with the right setup we can at least make that scrap money and I am sure with the right setup there are a few bucks to be made, even after paying someone to get trained and run the whole recovery operation.
TIA
Martin

Hi Martin, I use separate recovery units for each refrigerant. I usually do 6 refrigerators an hour unless they are the old style Whirlpools. Those usually have 20 oz or so of R12 apiece. I do 4 an hour on those. As far as air conditioners, I average 4 an hour. I tear those down while I am evacuating them.

And to update this thread, I received my check today from Alpha Cantor. I can't say enough good things about this company!

Mark, I'll bring lunch and my sawzall. We'll cut up and scrap that bus!