Refrigerant Leak Detectors
I'm looking for recommendations for leak detectors. Something that can reliably do R-22 and R-410a primarily. Thanks for your help.
I use a
Tif ZX-1, and it works very well.
However I have noticed it works best with cfc's such as r-22. So on trouble 410a units, I reclaim the 410a if there's any left add a trace amount of r22 and pressurize with nitrogen, and this method works very well for me.
Obviously I don't leave the Nitrogen r22 blend in the system.
Thanks
Thanks FF15. Unfortunately that's what I have to do with mine now to find a leak in a 410a or 404 system. I'm wondering if there's anything out there that works equally well on both types of refrigerants?
Rich
You can try
You might want to try this one:
Yellow Jacket 10M820
It has three sensitivity levels and I have had great success with it.
One general note on leak detection:
It has been assumed for a long time that, "the only acceptable refrigerant that can be used as a trace gas for leak detection purposes is R-22".
The truth of the matter is that any refrigerant can be used as a trace gas, and the preferable refrigerant should be, therefore, the refrigerant that the system will normally operate with.
Many have, incorrectly, stated that the EPA only permits the use of R-22 traces but the EPA makes no reference to the specifics about which refrigerants are permitted and which are not.
Happy January. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Eugene
