ARC-licensed handling
Refrigerant leak detection and repair
Refrigerant does not get used up, a system that needs topping up has a leak. Australian law requires anyone handling refrigerant to hold an ARC refrigerant handling licence, and businesses that acquire refrigerant to hold a trading authorisation, because most refrigerants are potent greenhouse gases. Leak repair is the lawful and economic fix; repeat regassing is neither.
Scope
What this covers
Electronic and pressure-based leak detection across the circuit
Repair of leaking joints, valves, coils and pipework
Recovery, evacuation and recharge performed under licence
Verification that the repaired system holds pressure and reaches setpoint
Records of refrigerant recovered and charged
Timing
When it's needed
Any system that has needed more than one top-up has a leak worth finding. Oil stains on pipework, hissing at valves, frost patterns in odd places and steadily lengthening run times are the field signs. Older systems on phased-down refrigerants add urgency, since recharge gas grows scarcer and dearer.
Refrigerant releases, electrical faults and CO2 or ammonia plant are specialist hazards, never open a sealed refrigeration circuit or bypass a tripping breaker to keep a unit running. If stock has spent unknown time above safe temperature, treat it as a food-safety decision, not just a refrigeration one.
Quote variables
What shapes the scope
Refrigerant type and how the phase-down affects its supply
Leak location: buried or cased pipework multiplies effort
System size and charge, which scale recovery and recharge work
Whether conversion or replacement beats repairing an ageing circuit
Anyone who handles refrigerant in Australia (recovering, charging or opening a sealed circuit) must hold a refrigerant handling licence issued under the ARC (Australian Refrigeration Council) scheme, and businesses acquiring refrigerant need a refrigerant trading authorisation. Electrical repairs on refrigeration plant are licensed electrical work. Ask for the licence details covering your specific job and verify them before work proceeds.
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