R410A Freon - What Is It?

R410A freon, also known as Puron, was invented by Honeywell Corporation back in 1991. Although, Carrier Corporation was the first company to introduce R-410A to the residential market back in 1996.
R410A is intended to be a replacement for R-22 freon. R-22 was ordered to be phased out by the EPA due to it’s harmful effects on the O-zone layer.  As of January 1st, 2010 no new HVAC units using R-22 can be manufactured in the United States and in 2020 R-22 can no longer be manufactured in the United States. If you have some R-22 stored I would hold on to it until then… you’ll make a fortune! A vendor I used to deal with has pallets of it sitting in his garage waiting for just the right time to sell!
ALL new units are to be geared towards R-410A freon. There is a boom coming for the R-410A market. R-410A is the future for all residential and commercial HVAC. Are you ready?
A few more facts about R-410A

• It should be noted that R-410A operates at a higher pressure than R-22 and CANNOT be used on older R-22 systems, same goes for using R-22 in newer systems.
• R-410A requires specialized tools to handle the higher pressure as well.
• R-410A does NOT contribute to O-Zone depletion.
• R-410A does have a higher global warming potential. (2088 times the effect of carbon dioxide.)
• R-410A is a mixed refrigerant. It is blended with HFC-32 and HFC-125, although they perform as a single refrigerant.
• R-410A can be topped off if there is a leak of freon, rather than having to flush the whole system and replace with new product.

Thanks for reading!
Alec Johnson
http://haubsonfreon.com/

Domestic Product

When shopping for freon pay close attention to some vendors who market their freon as ‘Domestic’ product. Domestic is a fancy way of saying this product was made overseas in China, Malaysia, Ukraine, or wherever. That product is then brought into the States and then re-boxed with an American box and label. They then call it ‘Domestic’ product.

There are very few manufacturers who still make freon in the United States. Honeywell only has a small percentage of United States product where as DuPont is nothing but American made. Now, I’m not trying to advertize for DuPont… but that’s really what it has come to now a days.
Summary? If you want American product buy DuPont!
Thanks for reading,
Alec Johnson
http://haubsonfreon.com/

Freon Suppliers

If you are an HVAC contractor and looking for a source to buy multiple jugs of freon check out the listing I made below! I’ve been buying bulk freon for years and I know just about every major player in the industry. One thing to keep in mind is most freon distributors won’t want anything to do with you unless you are buying forty jugs at a time. (One pallet is forty jugs.)

The main question you have to ask yourself is, do I care if it is American made? In the past it seemed like if it wasn’t American made no one was buying, but nowadays that mentality seems to have lessened. As China becomes more of a world power their manufacturing has become less shoddy.

List of Suppliers:

• AirGas Refrigerants - AirGas is a great company. Excellent quality product and they will ship in less than pallet quantities if your company needs it. I believe the least amount they will ship is five jugs. AirGas provides American product.
• CoolGas - Another great company here. I haven’t bought too much from them but I have never heard a negative feedback. Good quality product.
• Automart - Automart is ran by two brothers out of Orlando, FL. Prompt delivery and have not heard of any issues with the product. I do believe that their product is imported from overseas, but I am not 100%.
• DuPont - You can always buy directly from the source at DuPont. DuPont is American made product and excellent quality. The only problem with them is it can be difficult to partner with them if you are small time. They are such a large conglomerate that they don’t want to waste time talking to a smaller customer. DuPont product is ALL American made.
• HoneyWell - Honeywell is kind of the same story as DuPont. Great product, but extremely difficult to get an account with unless you are a lager customer. Also, Honeywell has moved most of their production overseas. They have some American made product, but most of it is overseas.
• TulStar - Tulstar is a smaller company out of Tulsa, OK. They have both American and Chinese products available. I have not bought from them but the quotes I did receive were VERY high and not competitive with the market.
• Alibaba - Lastly, there is Alibaba, an import site. If you are looking for cheap freon in large quantities this is the place to go. You have to be careful though as you can be easily scammed when buying from foreign entities.

Obviously, that is not ALL the freon suppliers out there but it is a large portion and will get you started. Let me know if you have any questions!
Thanks for reading!
Alec Johnson
http://haubsonfreon.com/

What I learned from selling Freon Online:

Brief snapshot of what I learned in my short stint of selling freon online.

• HVAC contractors do not shop online, it was nearly impossible to get them to visit my website!
• Do-it-yourselfers are your primary customer base, and because of this they will only be buying one jug of freon.
• Google advertizing is a powerful thing. You can be charging 20, 30, or even 50% more and if you show up first on Google you will get the sale.
• Freon cannot be shipped through air freight, it HAS to be shipped via ground due to it being a hazardous material. Also, the customer will have to sign for the package. It CANNOT be left at their doorstop.
• There is some confusion on who can and can’t buy freon. If you are not registered with the EPA you can only HFC refrigerants. HFC refrigerants are fairly new and they do NOT deplete the O-Zone layer and are seen as more environmentally friendly. HFCs include R410A, R134A, and R404A. (There are more, but those are the most popular.)
• R22 is being phased out, and at this point in time only certified HVAC professionals can purchase it. If you have an old home system you might consider converting to an R404A. (Or, for automotive to R134A)
• If you live in Wisconsin and are not registered with the EPA you cannot buy ANY freon even if it is an HFC.

Thanks for reading!

Alec Johnson
http://haubsonfreon.com

Winter is the Time to Buy!

Freon is a commodity, and the price fluctuates weekly, sometimes daily. From my experience the time to buy is late December to early January. The market is down, very little sales are going on except in the southern states. Vendors are more than wiling to make a deal on jugs.
In 2012 we saw R134A go from $64 in January up to $185 in August. Now, just think if you would have bought up in January how much money you would have saved! Hell, you could have bought up and sold it for triple the cost if you are patient enough!
Thanks for reading!
Alec Johnson
http://haubsonfreon.com/

Haubson Freon Intro

Well, it is that time of year again… air conditioning season has ended and winter is fast approaching. Hard to believe how fast the time flies now!
Earlier this year I started a business selling R410A freon online. I had a storefront website and was also selling on E-Bay and Amazon. Now, I’ve been buying freon for over six years at my full time job but I learned A LOT from this private venture.
I only sold the Puron for two weeks! Yes, two weeks! My original plan was to sell pallet quantities to HVAC contractors online. Well, I had an extremely tough time trying to sell a pallet online. Wasn’t getting any bites!
One of my vendors offered me the option to ship one jug or forty jugs at a time. I jumped at the chance and began selling one jug at a time on Amazon and my website. I sold sixty-five jugs in two weeks!

I couldn’t believe how much volume there was in online sales. I couldn’t keep up! I was working sixty hours a week and coming home and working on my freon sales. That left no time for my wife and daughter. I realized this wasn’t going to work out and shut down the site after two weeks.
In those two weeks I realized customers were HUGELY overpaying for individual freon jugs. I sold one one E-Bay at $200.00 and sold the same product on Amazon that same day for $95.00. The disparity is crazy!

The goal of my new website is not to sell you, or anyone else anything. The goal is to provide you with the best cost out there so you are not getting screwed by paying $20, $50, or even $100 more.

If you get time check out the website!

Thanks for reading!
Alec Johnson
http://haubsonfreon.com