A major thing folks forget when discussing refrigerator and AC units is that the EPA has been forcing a phase out of various refrigerants. Good old Freon was great stuff, would run forever at fairly low pressures. Unfortunately it chewed a hole in the ozone when released. The various replacements require higher pressures and that makes things more difficult for longevity. I don't even know what the current brew is but recently read that its being phased out and replaced with another version with even lower ozone depletion potential.
EnergyStar room A/C units - are there reliability compromises?
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This is true. It will be fun to see whats next, I hear it will not be a blend but a whole new chemical makeup.
Just as they made a better battery with lithuim -ion , they can find a refrigerant that doesn't destroy the enviroment IMO.
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As in "Back to the Future"?
If not for the challenge of the high pressures required and others, we'd probably be using CO2 for a hundred years by now. But it seems to be gaining ground now commercially and will likely continue to become mainstream.Other Green Room users here will know more than I about current developments, though.
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