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Following the recent press release from Daimler/Mercedes Benz regarding their concerns with the use of refrigerant HFO1234yf, VASA has now received a response from DuPont which follows. DuPont (September 28, 2012) Based on extensive data, and on independent risk assessments, HFO-1234yf can be used safely as an automotive refrigerant. DuPont was surprised to read the … Continue reading DuPont responds to Daimler/Mercedes Benz R1234yf announcement

The new replacement refrigerant for R134a, R1234yf has been renounced by one of the world’s major car makers, Daimler/Mercedes Benz of Germany. In a move which has stunned the global car industry, Daimler has concluded tests of its own on 1234yf, and decided that it will not use the refrigerant in any of its vehicles, … Continue reading Major car maker renounces R1234yf

A VASA member, keen to prepare himself for the first wave of the new replacement refrigerant for R134a – HFO1234yf – asked VASA experts if all of the pipes and fittings would be the same when retrofitting to the new refrigerant. The response was that the pipe sizes will be the same and the service … Continue reading Pipe and service valves the same for HFO1234yf

Click here to download this important article and pass it on to your customers. Continue reading Fed Govt acknowledges safety issues with flammable refrigerants

Media release sent nationwide on behalf of VASA members on June 28 2012. Click here to view. Continue reading Exorbitant carbon tax – government wins, motorist lose

A new safety alert – issued in December 2011 – serves as a warning against the use of HC refrigerants in vehicles. Click here to view. Continue reading Queensland warns on hydrocarbon gas risks – again

VASA, like most voluntary organisations in this high speed world, must work harder to grow its membership and encourage more young people to consider taking an active role in the company’s management and direction. Fortunately, VASA has always had a strong board of dedicated directors. While some of the original directors have left the industry, … Continue reading VASA always searching for new blood

VASA is urging its members to conserve R134a, as rumours mount about price increases. Depending on which website you visit, there are warnings of price increases of 10% to 35% in coming months. The VASA board was told recently of one buyer of R134a for medical uses who was hit with a major price increase … Continue reading Don’t waste precious R134a

The noose is tightening on backyard workshops and technicians who attempt to handle fluorocarbon refrigerants (R134a in automotive’s case) without either the skills or the necessary license or authorisation. Some of the new amendments to the Act which governs the licensing scheme have been circulated to industry by the Australian Refrigeration Council. Council chairman Mark … Continue reading VASA welcomes new license offences

If you listen to the pitch of some hydrocarbon sales people, a workshop might be lulled into false security by their oft repeated claim “Buy our refrigerant and you don’t have to go through that pesky and costly national licence procedure.” VASA has been notified of a number of cases around Australia where mostly larger … Continue reading If you intend to dabble in flammables, you must be licensed to retrofit an R134a system