water damage from refrigerant?
 

Is home air conditioning refrigerant a liquid or a gas at normal air
pressure? I'm sure it's a gas, yet someone online claims,
"Furthermore, because the unit was installed incorrectly, refridgerant
leaked all over our basement floor, causing water damage."

water damage from refrigerant?
 

mm wrote:
Is home air conditioning refrigerant a liquid or a gas at normal air
pressure? I'm sure it's a gas, yet someone online claims,
"Furthermore, because the unit was installed incorrectly, refridgerant
leaked all over our basement floor, causing water damage."

Claim is wrong. What leaked was water from the condensate pan.

water damage from refrigerant?
 

"mm" wrote in message ...

Is home air conditioning refrigerant a liquid or a gas at normal air
pressure? I'm sure it's a gas, yet someone online claims,
"Furthermore, because the unit was installed incorrectly, refridgerant
leaked all over our basement floor, causing water damage."

The refrigerant itself is a gas but if there was a leak it could certainly
carry some of the oil thats in the system out which would result in a
stain.

water damage from refrigerant?
 

I should know this number, but can't think of it off hand. The boiling
temperature of R-22 is about 44 degrees below zero. Somewhat similar
to propane. The refrigerant in a home AC system is a gas, when
released. Same deal with R410a "Puron", but Puron operates at much
higher pressures.

As others have written, water is available in the system as condensate
from the evaporator.

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"mm" wrote in message
...
Is home air conditioning refrigerant a liquid or a gas at normal air
pressure? I'm sure it's a gas, yet someone online claims,
"Furthermore, because the unit was installed incorrectly, refridgerant
leaked all over our basement floor, causing water damage."

water damage from refrigerant?
 

"mm" wrote in message
...
Is home air conditioning refrigerant a liquid or a gas at normal air
pressure? I'm sure it's a gas, yet someone online claims,
"Furthermore, because the unit was installed incorrectly, refridgerant
leaked all over our basement floor, causing water damage."

Refrigerant will boil away at atmospheric pressure and room temperature
MLD