THE Australian Refrigeration Council (ARC) has joined VASA, Refrigerants Australia and Refrigerant Reclaim Australia as a founding partner of future:gas, a roadshow of educational seminars that will take place across Australia and New Zealand this winter, aimed at building a broader understanding of new refrigerants R1234yf and R744 (carbon dioxide) and what they mean for … Continue reading ARC joins refrigerant roadshow
VASA members are well-versed in the arrival of new industry standard automotive refrigerant R1234yf and that R744 (CO2) is also on the horizon, but the wider automotive community still lacks awareness about why the industry is changing and what they need to know (and do) in order to prepare. To address gaps in the industry’s … Continue reading Refrigerant roadshow to build industry awareness
THE January 2016 MACS Service Bulletin from VASA’S North American partners provides some useful insights into diagnosing engine overheating issues on two popular brands that use the same drivetrains in the Australasian market. It boils down (no pun intended) to tiny coolant leaks into the cylinders caused by head warpage or gasket problems and is … Continue reading Latest MACS bulletin features handy engine overheating diag tips
IT TOOK a former NASA employee and mechanical engineer, Mark Rober, to ‘demistify’ the science behind windscreen defogging for American motorists – and many others across the world – recently with his posting of a YouTube video that immediately went viral. The short clip had more than 2,600,000 million views when we caught up with … Continue reading Video: The science of windscreen defogging goes viral
FIVE refrigeration and air conditioning industry bodies – VASA included – have co-signed an open letter to the so-called Australian Refrigeration Association (ARA) in response to “inaccurate public pronouncements” made about the Ozone Acts review. The co-signatories – including the Air conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturers of Australia (AREMA), the Air conditioning Mechanical Contractors Association … Continue reading Industry gives HC refrigerant lobby both barrels
THE United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a tightening of the rules governing small R134a refrigerant top-up cans sold to unlicensed DIYers, but they do not go far enough. Unlike Australia, where such products can only be sold to ARCtick license holders, under US rules small R134a cans containing up to 907 grams of … Continue reading US EPA proposal to tighten rules on DIY R134a cans misses the mark
THE European Commission is taking Germany to court for its failure to apply the MAC Directive that banned R134a in motor vehicles. It alleges that Germany infringed European Union law by allowing Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler to keep selling vehicles with air conditioning systems using R134a after the high global warming potential refrigerant was banned. Continue reading EC takes Germany to court for letting Benz use banned R134a
DANFOSS Vice President of application and technology Torben Funder-Kristensen presented a five-part seminar to VASA Director Mark Mitchell at the recent World Cold Chain Summit to Reduce Food Waste in Singapore, covering all aspects of refrigerant choice and related issues. In his presentation, Mr Funder-Kristensen, who has long been a friend of VASA, explained the … Continue reading Video series: Danfoss explains the process of choosing refrigerants
AN AUSTRALIAN workshop is facing a negligence claim for retrofitting a vehicle air conditioning system with hydrocarbon refrigerants, following an incident that injured passengers and caused property damage. Documents obtained by SightGlass eNews reveal that a law firm is claiming expenses related to the costs of vehicle repairs and personal injury from the workshop, based … Continue reading HC retrofit workshop faces negligence action
TWO significant documents to our industry have been published in recent weeks, the Review of the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Programme options paper and theAnalysis of Work Health and Safety Data for the Use of Synthetic Greenhouse Gases and Substitutes in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry. Core to the Ozone Review options … Continue reading Ozone Review options paper, alternative refrigerant safety study published
