How to find a refrigerant leak before fixing it – Gainesville, FL
Robbie Jarvis explains a couple methods service technicians use to find refrigerant leaks before fixing them.
Methods to find and repair refrigerant leak:
- Look for oil on line set and other components
- Use soap solution at suspected leak spots and check for bubbles
- Use a leak detection tool for those tough to find leaks
“Hey Guys, I’m Robbie from Jarvis Heat & Air and this is your tip for the day. Maybe you have a system and every year it seems like you have a company coming out. Adding refrigerant, adding refrigerant. $300 here, $300 there. And you’re like, “Man, why is this system constantly needing refrigerant?” Maybe you have a refrigerant leak, ok? So maybe you need to call us out if this is the case and we can check to see if you have any leaks in your system with refrigerant.
The old school function is spraying some soap bubbles on there and trying to find the leak. We’re out today on this sytem that’s been having a leak inside. We found some oil, we sprayed some bubbles but couldn’t see any leak. It’s so small that we needed to go a little bit more modern with a leak detector. This guy is an electronic leak detector that can sniff that refrigerant and it will alarm us when we’re having a leak. Just by powering this guy up and setting the sensivity and we can locate down to a pin-sized, tiny little hole where that leak is. That’s how we found this leak today and we fixed it!
At Jarvis Heat & Air, we do excellent service but this tip is for free!”
Find and Fix Refrigerant Leaks – Gainesville, FL
