Degassing Refrigerators - Drill-Head and Piercing-Plier - Manual

A refrigerator has to be disposed as hazardous waste. The refrigerants inside a hazardous refrigerator are harmful for the environment (ozone depleting and greenhouse effect). Most common refrigerants are; R12, R134a and R600a. The uncommon is the removal of NH3. Refrigerants are developed to dissolve very easily into the compressor oil. Therefore it is necessary to remove the oil as well as the refrigerant. Even after a long time the oil will contain refrigerants when it is not treated.