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Refrigerant Recovery
Yellow Jacket HVAC Service Training - Refrigerant Recovery Part 1
Paramount Disaster Recovery Inc., fighting against natural disasters
Paramount Disaster Recovery provides expert services that include inspecting, cleaning and restoring damaged structures. Steve Slepcevic and his team have examined several properties statewide that tested positive for dangerous levels of toxins hidden in places that many people never thought about until now.
Smoke is made up of particles, liquids and gaseous compounds that might not be visible to the naked eye. Wildfires produce tons of particulate matter per minute that seeps into structures - even with closed windows and doors. These toxic specks can be found settling in landscaping, running through rain gutters, buried in carpets and gathering on bookshelves. More shocking are the attics, siding panels, indoor and outdoor insulation, ventilation systems, heating and air-conditioning units, electronics, appliances, mattresses, pillows, couches and even clothing where harmful particulate matter is very commonly found. "Every time a contaminated television, heater or refrigerator is running or a bed is slept on particulate matter is re-entrained into the air that we breathe," stated Steve Slepcevic, Paramount Disaster Recovery, Inc.
Health hazards that are faced when exposed to particulate matter include aggravated asthma, respiratory symptoms, chronic bronchitis, decreased lung function – (especially in children), lung cancer and premature deaths. This potentially deadly airborne substance enters the body and makes its way into the lungs where it can do its worst damage. Particulate matter related deaths are reported to be comparable to those caused by traffic accidents.
"We didn't know where to start - we trusted our insurance company who recommended several insurance preferred contractors that all made very poor recommendations. Steve Slepcevicfounder of Paramount Disaster Recovery Inc. completely disappointed and began my through research of a consumer based general contractor specializing in smoke contamination cleaning, when I hired Paramount Disaster Recovery," stated Dr. Anthony Mathieu, San Diego resident and wildfire victim. "We are making progress, thanks for Paramount Disaster recovery's expertise and I now know my home is contaminated based upon the test results from an independent industrial hygienists firm," continued Mathieu. Four months since containment of the San Diego wildfires, the Mathieu family continues battling insurance roadblocks, meanwhile spending out-of-pocket money to do what they can to make their home barely habitable.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has guidelines in place pertaining to proper clean-up procedures including pressure washing the outdoors, laundering items and completing a thorough cleaning of everything inside the building. Decontaminating an area that has been exposed to particulate matter may also include removing and replacing furniture, insulation, carpeting and filters. Additionally, the property needs to be professionally tended to by experts in demolition, waste removal and construction. Most important, it is imperative that the clean-up process takes place as soon as possible to avoid further contamination through winds, rain and other means of disturbing any particulate matter.
"People need to understand that they are facing potentially serious health problems and environmentally unsafe conditions if these smoke damaged properties are not remedied promptly," reported Steve Slepcevic,Paramount Disaster Recovery Inc.
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Since 1989 property and business owners worldwide have relied onParamount Disaster Recovery for all their property damage recovery needs.
About the Author
Paramount Disaster Recovery was founded by Steve Slepcevic in year 1989. Paramount provides the comprehensive package of disaster recovery services.
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Frequently Asked Questions...
why is refrigerant recovery important for technicians servicing air conditioners?
Answer:
this is a bit lengthy, but you asked. lol
The Environmental Protection Agency (and just about everyone else, for that matter) does not want technicians venting refrigerant when servicing vehicles or a/c units. For many years, this was a common practice because refrigerant was relatively cheap and no one realized it was causing any harm. Today, R-12 is scarce and expensive, and we know it is harmful to the environment. Recovery equipment is readily available from a variety of aftermarket suppliers, so there is no excuse not to recover the old refrigerant before you work on an A/C system.
In fact, it is illegal to vent any type of refrigerant from a vehicle, including R-12, R-134a or any other alternative or unknown refrigerant. The prohibition against venting includes even a small charge of refrigerant that may have been added to a vehicle for purposes of detecting a leak. If there is any refrigerant in the system at all, it must be recovered and not allowed to escape. Period.
Venting has been outlawed because manmade chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) such as R-12 damage the Earth's protective ozone layer that shields us from most of the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation. Scientists have discovered that CFCs react with ozone in such a way that ozone is destroyed faster than it can be replenished by natural processes. The result has been a measurable thinning of the ozone layer and a big increase in UV exposure, which increases the risk of skin cancer.
To make matters worse, CFCs break down very slowly. R-12 is estimated to have an atmospheric lifespan of nearly 100 years! So any R-12 that leaks out of a vehicle's A/C system today will still be eating holes in the ozone layer a century from now! That is why recovery is so important.
Reducing global warming is another reason not to vent refrigerants. R-134a contains no chlorine and poses no danger to the ozone layer, but like R-12, it is a "greenhouse" gas that retains heat and contributes to the global warming problem. The "Global Warming Potential" (GWP) rating of R-134a is 1,200, which compares to 7,300 for R-12, but only 1.0 for carbon dioxide. So every pound of refrigerant that leaks or escapes into the atmosphere has the same effect as thousands of pounds of CO2.
Refrigerants are also a valuable commodity that can be easily recycled and reused. R-12 is getting hard to find these days and costs a fortune. Why let it escape if you can easily and inexpensively recover it, recycle it and then resell it back to your customers?





















































































