Does an air conditioning system need to have Freon added periodically?
No! The only time that an air conditioning system should need additional refrigerant is if some of the refrigerant charge has leaked out. If your system is low on refrigerant then there is a system leak that is in need of a repair. We have found that adding refrigerant has become a common scam among our competitors that pay on a commission basis. You see, the technician can’t make any money unless he sells you something. If a technician says that your system is low on Freon, your follow–up question should be; “did you find the leak?” Chances are, if it is a scam the tech will fumble and bumble around and start telling you that it can leak out the access ports etc. Your next question is “weren’t there any caps on the ports?” It is competitors like these that give our industry a bad name.
