If you have a vehicle from or newer your air conditioning unit takes Ra. It has been the standard automotive refrigerant for over twenty years. GWP is a measurement of how much heat a greenhouse gas will trap in the atmosphere. The European Union was the first group of nations to begin phase out of Ra.
All new vehicles manufactured in or newer could no longer be made to use Ra. Manufacturers had to find an alternative refrigerant that was under the Global Warming Potential requirement of It was all but predicted that the United States would be next to phase out a but it was just a matter of when.
We now have that date, Almost a thirty year reign. Not bad if I say so myself. There is one mainstream refrigerant that will be replacing a and that is the new YF. Oh, and did I mention that YF decomposes into the atmosphere after only eleven days? In three million cars were taking YF and at the end of that number is expected to double.
As the phase-out of a approaches expect to see more and more manufacturers switching over to YF in the United States and abroad. Even though YF is set to be the dominant player in the automotive industry there is still another alternative that is slowly picking up some traction. The other alternative refrigerant is the Natural Refrigerant Carbon Dioxide.
Most companies have stayed away from using Carbon Dioxide as CO2 systems would require a much larger and heavier air conditioning system than what is used in automobiles today and there is not currently a supply line setup for mass manufacturing of carbon dioxide refrigerant parts.
Despite those two drawbacks of CO2 there are automobile manufacturers who are moving forward with CO2 instead of YF.
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Newer Topic Older Topic. What year did cars stop using R12 for AC? Posted by: Microman. And what are they using now. It costs so much for R12, need a nice used car, and want one that uses R, or whatever the new stuff is. Re: What year did cars stop using R12 for AC? Posted by: Golfer. Using Ra now. Can't recall when the switch was made. I had a '88 that was R12 and I switched it over to Ra when the compressor went bad.
I'd guess early 90's is when the change occurred. Posted by: BigGuynRusty. Refrigerant Types Automotive AC systems rely on one of two refrigerants to keep things cool in the cabin. R12 refrigerant is no longer available to the consumer because of environmental concerns, but is still available for use by trained technicians and installers. In fact, the main reason R12 is still available is these same technicians have continued to recycle, clean, and reuse the remaining supply.
New R12 is no longer being manufactured. This was the whole point of the laws in the first place. Amateurs were venting R12 into the atmosphere, which was rumored to put holes in the ozone layer, causing a case of permanent sunburn for the entire planet. The decision was made to regulate the use of R12 for safety's sake.
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