But, if I'd give $2,000 down on a new unit, he would put Freon in for us.

That is B/S, call out another company.


--
Moe Jones
HVAC Service Technician
Energy Equalizers Inc.
Houston, Texas
www.EnergyEqualizers.com

Exactly.

First off, if it was "illegal to put Freon in" and they're offering to
do the illegal if you commit to having them replace the whole unit then
you can't trust them since they are offering to break the law if you do
further business with them.

Secondly, it is not "illegal to put Freon in" as they claimed. It is
perfectly legal for them to locate and repair the leak in the system and
then put Freon in the system. It is also legal for them to put Freon in
without repairing the leak if the leak is very small, so the system only
looses a couple percent of the charge per year (there are specific EPA
figures for this).

So the company / tech in question is unquestionably lying about the
Freon issue and can't be trusted regarding the other claims about the
system.

Pete C.