Why secure refrigerant?

Simply, because...

• it "may cause death without warning".

• it is a controlled substance.

• children are dying from huffing it.

• poison must be kept out of reach of children.

• the chlorine in chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) depletes the ozone.

• only licensed individuals are authorized to handle it.

• it is an attractive hazard.

• it is potential liability.

• it is the responsible thing to do.

Locking Refrigerant Caps

Refrigerant "may cause death without warning!"  Be proactive, not reactive.  Contact your AC service provider today and request locking caps be installed on your AC unit.  Although there are other ways of securing refrigerant, this is the most economical and convenient way to do it.  Your kids may not tamper with the refrigerant in your unit, but there's guarantee others won't.  Do not maintain an attractive hazard, protect yourself today.

Source:  Novent (http://www.noventcaps.com/)

Novent Caps:

• Seal service valve to prevent leaks
• Prevent excessive energy usage due to refrigerant loss
• Help prevent illegal venting of refrigerant
• Support every EPA management program
• Help prevent accidental mixing of refrigerant
• Deter refrigerant theft at unsecured sites
• Help prevent access by unauthorized persons
• Help prevent loss from cylinders and recovery tanks
• Reduce potential liability for inhalation induced injury or death

AC Manufacturers

The design of most existing AC units leave the dangerous and potentially lethal refrigerant easily accessible.  It is imperative that we pressure AC manufacturers to include tamper resistant locking refrigerant caps in the design of their units.  Please contact as many AC manufacturers as you can and urge them to include these life saving caps on their units.  A list of AC manufacturers is available here.

Consumer Product Safety Commission

The existing design of most AC units is obviously flawed in that it allows easy venting of refrigerant through external filling valves.  This is extremely hazardous and must be immediately corrected.  As consumers of these products, you have the right to report such hazards to the Consumer Product Safety Commission and demand safer products.  We implore you to report this hazard to the CPSC by filling out their online form at https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/incident.aspx.

Internet Scrubbing

Children learn a lot of bad habits from the internet, including how to huff refrigerant.  Please join us in our efforts to rid the internet of media which glorifies huffing and/or provides instructions on how to huff refrigerant.  Many videos have already been removed from file sharing websites, but new ones pop up almost as quickly as we get them removed.  Please help us scour these file sharing sites and report any  inappropriate materials to the provider.  A list of user generated file sharing websites are listed here.   

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