Glider's

Eugene Silberstein

Temperature glide ranges from 0.2 degrees to 16 degrees depending on the refrigerant. R-410a has a temperature glide of 0.3 degrees, which for all intents and purposes is darn close to zero in my book.

All non-manufacturer specific R-410a training literature states that it is okay to top off R-410a systems as the glide and the potential for fractionation is practically non-existent.

Be sure to check out the information regarding R-410a certification review/testing that I am offereing on Long Island.

Hope to see you all there.

Techman

Gliders

HELLO FELLOW CHILLHEAD'ers. .Professor,the newer refrigerants have "glide". Companys like Carrier and Daikin dictate that we must not "top-off" their Ductless splits with R410a, we MUST recover the remaining freon and recharge with new freon.This being true,how does this "glide " and a system with a leak effect systems with a large refrigerant charge.What if the leak is on the liquid side of the system as campared to the vapor side? What about the interim refrigerants[HCFC],R409a,R406a,R401a?What is the actual affects and effects to a system that I do topoff with ,say ,I add 10lbs to a system that normally hold 20lbs.