House AC Unit Still Sealed?

Originally Posted by AdmiralAluminum

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm not sure I understand "gasified" but I think you mean evacuated? Any way, I hope it was done properly and look forward to taking it apart and cashing in on someone's laziness.

An AC works by compressing the freon gas into a liquid. As it does, There is a tremendous amount of heat that is added to the freon as a result of the compression. The liquified freon is cooled in the condenser coil and the cooled liquified freon is moved to the evaporator coil where the liquified freon is allowed to return to a gaseous state. When it does, it is sucking up energy that is required to cause the liquid to gassify. An AC contains far more freon in the form of a liquid than it does as a gas. When the sealed freon loop is breached, the liquid freon returns to its' gaseous state, because it is no longer held under sufficient pressure to maintain a liquid state.



It most likely was not done "properly".