Theft of refrigerant out of air conditioners continues to stay on a steady rise.
After an entire day of a family's A/C unit was blowing hot air into their residence they called a heating and cooling company to find out what the issue could be.
When a service man arrived he found caps and a plastic bag around the unit. Someone had stolen two pounds worth of refrigerant from the unit to get high.
It cost the family about 150 dollars to correct the situation.
They now have locking service caps on their units.
Via ksdk.com in Fenton, MO
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
AC Units Installed With Extra Security Due to Refrigerant Abuse
Via nbc12.com in Richmond, VA
As refrigerant addiction increases among children, S. A. F. E. Chesterfield, a substance abuse prevention group in Chesterfield VA, is working to stop the trend.
Mona Casey, a Florida mom, lost her 15-year-old son Charles to a refrigerant addiction. What started as an after school habit with a friend cost him his life. Casey created http://www.uproarorg.org/ to educate people on the day to day dangers of substance abuse. Starting this year, AC units are being installed with an added security feature.
Dominion Service Company of Richmond and many other air conditioning technicians now install a small cap that fits around the valve where refrigerant can be released. The cap can only be removed by a key that is unavailable to the public.
"I'm very, very happy that the people there in Virginia are taking this very seriously," said Casey.
To date 400 caps have been installed in the Richmond area.
As refrigerant addiction increases among children, S. A. F. E. Chesterfield, a substance abuse prevention group in Chesterfield VA, is working to stop the trend.
Mona Casey, a Florida mom, lost her 15-year-old son Charles to a refrigerant addiction. What started as an after school habit with a friend cost him his life. Casey created http://www.uproarorg.org/ to educate people on the day to day dangers of substance abuse. Starting this year, AC units are being installed with an added security feature.
Dominion Service Company of Richmond and many other air conditioning technicians now install a small cap that fits around the valve where refrigerant can be released. The cap can only be removed by a key that is unavailable to the public.
"I'm very, very happy that the people there in Virginia are taking this very seriously," said Casey.
To date 400 caps have been installed in the Richmond area.
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