Commercial refrigeration service: Leak detection
April 8, 2019
Refrigerant is one of the most vital components of a refrigeration system. However, not knowing who to turn to when your equipment springs a leak could cost you. Luckily, there’s a commercial refrigeration service company that can help you find and stop your leaks fast.
At CoolSys, our team has been in the commercial refrigeration system repair, servicing and installation business for 21 years. During this time, our skills have allowed us to help many businesses just like yours in Florida, Georgia and Southern California with their needs. Our time in this business has also generated a vast amount of experience with the things that can go wrong with refrigeration equipment, and this range of experience allows our team to perform commercial refrigeration services like leak detection and repair efficiently and effectively.
Why leak detection is vital to low costs
The commercial refrigeration service known as leak detection is, arguably, the most important service we offer at CoolSys. After all, your commercial refrigeration systems are practically useless without refrigerant.
Refrigerant is vital to the circular process that allows your refrigeration equipment to keep products cold. Its ability to go from a gas to a liquid and back again also allows refrigerant to transfer heat, and the transfer of heat is what makes commercial refrigeration systems useful in the first place.
Refrigerants have always been costly to purchase, but since government regulations are phasing out the most common refrigerant, R22, refrigerant has become even more expensive. For example, let’s say one of your system uses 20 pounds of refrigerant, and all of it needed to be replaced after a leak. Depending on the type of refrigerant you need, you could be looking at prices between $8 to $24 per pound. That means that to refill the 20 pounds of refrigerant in one piece of equipment, you’ll have to spend between $160 and $480.
In addition to the high cost of refrigerant, not all service companies have the knowledge to work with many of the alternative and natural refrigerants replacing R22. However, CoolSys’s service team can help you. In fact, our technicians are trained to work with refrigerants such as:
- CO2
- Glycol
- Ammonia
- Propane
- R448A
- R407A
With our high level of knowledge and refrigerant experience, our CoolSys team is a great choice when you need to find and stop a leak. We also offer a variety of other commercial refrigeration services in Florida, Georgia and Southern California, and all you have to do to find out more about them is take one easy initial step.
Contact our team today for more information or to schedule an appointment.