I had a customer tell me he needed Freon is his air conditioner to make it cool better. I of course told him I would check out the whole system and let him know why it wasn’t cooling to his satisfaction. Since he was very insistent about checking the Freon levels, I made a point the run a check right off the bat. The readings were completely normal, and the unit did not need Freon. For some reason, that is not what this customer wanted to hear.
Air Conditioners Should Not Leak!
The problem we run into is that some customers think they need a pound of Freon every year in order to make their unit will run right. The fact is that, since the EPA laws went into affect in the early 90’s, air conditioners have to be manufactured not to leak. IT’S THE LAW. Granted some systems do develop leaks, but I think I would question a service technician that wanted to sell you Freon every year instead of finding and fixing the leak. Something just doesn’t sound right. » Read more: Freon Fanatics!
