There's a youtube video showing a NC woman's house after her fridge blew up last month.
In the comments, they're saying that R134a was being used up until 2022 in fridges (which is what they used to use in cars right?) but that fridges built starting in 2022 are using R600a which is an isobutane refrigerant which hasn't been used for decades? Other people say it's not R600a but R290 but still propane-based.
I raise this here because I'm pretty sure that the replacement vehicle refrigerant cans and kits that you can buy up here in Canada for the past 10 years is based on propane / butane (and that I have used in several of my 300M's and '01 Dodge Ram with great success).
Back when I was looking at that, I found some people saying that the explosive potential of the aftermarket car refrigerants was not really that bad, that the oil that's added to the mix (and the oil that you already had in the system from the factory) was likely more flamable if it were to combust during an accident.
I had no idea that there was a regulation change for fridges in 2022 that called for an HC-based refrigerant - the same class of refrigerant that they prohibited the use of in vehicles for safety reasons. Something doesn't add up here. If this is a thing, then look out for more fridges blowing up in homes very soon.
In the comments, they're saying that R134a was being used up until 2022 in fridges (which is what they used to use in cars right?) but that fridges built starting in 2022 are using R600a which is an isobutane refrigerant which hasn't been used for decades? Other people say it's not R600a but R290 but still propane-based.
I raise this here because I'm pretty sure that the replacement vehicle refrigerant cans and kits that you can buy up here in Canada for the past 10 years is based on propane / butane (and that I have used in several of my 300M's and '01 Dodge Ram with great success).
Back when I was looking at that, I found some people saying that the explosive potential of the aftermarket car refrigerants was not really that bad, that the oil that's added to the mix (and the oil that you already had in the system from the factory) was likely more flamable if it were to combust during an accident.
I had no idea that there was a regulation change for fridges in 2022 that called for an HC-based refrigerant - the same class of refrigerant that they prohibited the use of in vehicles for safety reasons. Something doesn't add up here. If this is a thing, then look out for more fridges blowing up in homes very soon.
