re: R22 Freon shortage

I’m in Mississippi. Just replaced a unit with a 410 after another a-hole said 454b was mandatory. This was entirely misleading because you can still sell 410 but the other guy simply didn’t have any 454b from his suppliers. They guy I ended up going with said for the time being the 410 is cost effective to replace and Freon is in good supply while 454b ramps up, eventually 410 will be harder to get and as a result, more expensive, but it will be a while. As explained above 454 is slightly more flammable and current supply isn’t even caught up considering the new regulations.

The fricking over of consumers under the guise of “climate control” is a scandal which is entirely underreported and needs to be dealt with. Costs homeowners a fricking shitload of money