Why are CFCs used in a refrigerator?

The United Nation in conjunction with the federal governments and the refrigeration industry phased out Chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants. Research found out that CFC refrigerants were a major contributor to ozone layer depletion. read more

Early refrigerators used dangerous, poisonous refrigerants such as sulphur dioxide and methyl chloride. CFC refrigerants were developed as a stable, safe alternative. It was only decades later that the environmental problems were understood. Now, new refrigerators do not use CFC’s. read more

CFC’s are no longer used in home refrigerant coolants since the 1980’s. HCFC is what is the current 134A coolant used in most home refrigerators. The old R-12 and R-22 were CFC’s with mineral oil based transmission oil in compressors. 134a uses a polyol oil. read more