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Would you like to have a vegetable garden but don't think it's possible this year?
A lack of space, experience or resources such as tools or money to buy seeds and bedding plants doesn't need to stand in your way. Applications for Gardens Growing Families, a community garden program for county residents, are now being accepted at the Henrico Extension Office.
Individuals or families who participate in the program receive expert help, free classes, tools, and water for irrigation as well as space to grow a garden for a fee of $5 to $65 a year, based on household income, the number of gardeners per family, and garden plot size. Garden plots are either 15 feet by 20 feet or 15 feet by 10 feet, and gardeners can rent up to two plots.
"Gardens Growing Families is designed to get people gardening, harvesting, preparing and storing nutritious food," said Lisa Sanderson, Henrico Extension Agent.
"And, just as important as producing food, gardening together can help build families," added Sanderson. "Families who garden together. To me, that's the most important part."
Garden plots are available in the Alma Avenue Island Garden near Alma and Laburnum Avenues and in Highland Springs at the corner of West Jerald Street and South Holly Avenue. The 34 plots at the Lakeside Garden have already been taken.
"We started in 2008," said Sanderson, "And some of the original families are still with us!"
In a survey, almost all past participants said their family's diet improved, and three-quarters said they saved money at the grocery store. "One man, who had two plots and gardened year-round, said he had saved almost $700," said Sanderson.
The plots are available to participants from the first of April to the end of March. "You really can grow things to eat here all year long," said Sanderson. "You have to like cabbage, and you have to plan, but you can do it!"
Participants maintain their gardens using only organic methods, which means no pesticides or herbicides in the gardens.
A demonstration plot is maintained by Henrico Master Gardeners, who are often on hand at the gardens to answer questions. "It's the first experience for some," said Sanderson, "so we encourage people to ask questions."
A free seminar for participants will be held Saturday, April 7 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Henrico Demonstration Kitchen on Dixon Powers Drive. Topics include "Getting Started," "Growing More," and "Expanding Your Food Palette and Preparing Foods." Programs for kids ages 5-13 will also be held that day.
"Young people can learn how to garden, see where their food comes from, and learn how to do things with their parents," said Sanderson.
"And remember, food tastes better when you grow it yourself," she added.
To learn more, call the Extension office at 501-5160 or get an application online at http://www.co.henrico.va.us/extension
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The logistic-normal distribution arises by assuming that the logit (or logistic transformation) of a proportion has a normal distribution, with an obvious extension to a vector of proportions through taking a logistic transformation of a multivariate normal distribution, see Aitchison and Shen (1980). In the univariate case, this provides a family of distributions on (0, 1) that is distinct from the beta distribution, while the multivariate version is an alternative to the Dirichlet distribution. Note that in the multivariate case there is no unique way to define the set of logits for the multinomial proportions (just as in multinomial logit models, see Agresti 2002) and different formulations may be appropriate in particular applications (Aitchison 1982). The univariate distribution has been used, often implicitly, in random effects models for binary data and the multivariate version was pioneered by Aitchison for statistical diagnosis/discrimination (Aitchison and Begg 1976), the Bay ...
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Grant Bowler plays Joshua Nolan, the chief lawkeeper of Defiance, a town where humans and extraterrestrials have learned to co-exist.
Grant Bowler has come a long way to be the leading man of Defiance.
Grant Bowler once went from being a TV star in Australia to cleaning elevators for US$12 (RM38) an hour in Los Angeles.
Bowler was an established actor Down Under, catapulting to fame following a major role on popular police drama Blue Heelers in 1993. Work wasn't difficult to come by but in 2002, the Auckland, New Zealand-native decided to leave his comfortable life to capture the elusive Hollywood dream.
But the actor went broke, and was forced to take on odd jobs to pay the rent. Bowler eventually returned home, and would take a shot at Hollywood two more times before finally breaking through.
"I've always had a fear of being stuck doing what I've already done before. What invigorates me is taking on roles and projects that I haven't been a part of, and I saw, in the long term, far greater opportunity to be tested in the United States," Bowler shared in an e-mail interview with Star2.
"It's wonderful to have the ability and option of going home. We have such a vibrant, storytelling culture in Australia, but this way, I simply feel that I get the best of both worlds."
Today, the 46-year-old actor is best known for his work as Wilhelmina Slater's swoon-worthy love interest Connor Owens in Ugly Betty, hotheaded werewolf Cooter in True Blood, Richard Burton in the Elizabeth Taylor made-for-TV biopic Liz & Dick (where he starred opposite Lindsay Lohan) and currently, the leading man on the sci-fi series, Defiance.
Bowler plays Joshua Nolan, the chief lawkeeper of Defiance, a town where humans and extraterrestrials have learned to co-exist after the latter's less-than-welcomed arrival on Earth more than 30 years ago.
The events of Season One's finale causes a major character shake-up at the start of the second season. For starters, there's a new mayor in town.
"Niles Pottinger, played beautifully by Jim Murray, seems on the outside to be a mannered, prim, stiff Englishman without the grit to survive in Defiance until we take a closer look and discover that he is far more devious and cunning than we first suspect," Bowler teased about the antagonist.
"Pottinger is a great, new character, the presence of whom turns all existing power structures in Defiance on their head and sets many of our established characters against each other."
Also, in the new season, word has it that viewers will get to know more about the elusive alien species, Gulanee, but Bowler's lips are sealed: "I can't say too much other than that the Gulanee are far taller, handier and hotter than I originally conceived."
As for the death of his character's former love interest, Kenya, last season, Bowler commented: "I don't think Kenya's death affects Nolan as greatly as it does her sister, Amanda. Kenya's death leaves her devastated and the consequences of her murder resonate throughout the second season."
He added: "Nolan won't stay alone for long. He enjoys the company of pretty women too much, and there is no shortage of strong, attractive women in the town of Defiance.
In fact, Bowler seems pretty confident that Nolan will have more than one woman in his life.
"I don't think Season Two will limit Nolan to one love interest. It's possible we'll see him with one or more of the established residents of the town and, perhaps, even one of the new citizens."
But perhaps the most important woman in his life is still his adopted alien daughter, Irisa (Stephanie Leonidas), who disappeared after bringing Nolan back to life last season.
"In the new season, Nolan is far more concerned with his daughter, Irisa, than the welfare of the town of Defiance as a whole. It's much more personal; it's about taking care of the people he loves," the actor explained.
Bowler, a father himself, knows all too well how that feels. "Being a father is probably the most rewarding part of my life. Kids, though, require an enormous amount of concentration and attention. Sometimes, I feel I'd like to clone myself so I could be a dad and work the hours that the job requires," said the actor who has an 11-year-old daughter and a nine-year-old son.
While that probably won't be happening anytime soon, Bowler shared that being a parent has influenced the kind of role he chooses to take on: "There's a lot of stuff that I look at more critically now, particularly being a father of a daughter, than I did before. I want to be a part of project that say positive things about the world, about women and about men."
Nevertheless, slowing down is not an option for the actor who found international success at a later stage in life. He enthused, "I've always felt compelled to stay extremely busy as an actor. I feel uncomfortable if I'm not working. Having played now a number of 'dream roles,' I feel more comfortable and certain of myself, but that only makes me want to push myself more."
Defiance Season Two airs every Friday at 10.50pm on Syfy HD (HyppTV Ch 611).
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March 22, 2014Splendora High School
LIBERTY, Tx - Senior pitcher Matt Adams improves to 3-0 on the season, hurling a 3 hit gem, as the Splendora Wildcats escape the Panthers of Liberty, 2-0 on Friday night.
Adams was in control the whole evening, until the 7th inning, when, with 2 outs, second baseman Michael Williams lined a single to left and 9-hole hitter John Brown (HBP, HBP,BB) walked. But with runners at the corners, leadoff hitter Jay Pierce curiously bunted. Adams fielded it and fired to 1st baseman Justin Reid and the game ended 2-0 in favor of the Wildcats from Splendora.
The Wildcats scored in the 1st. Leadoff hitter Aaron Smalley walked. After a Connor Phillips fielder's choice, Dave Rauch hit a bullet to to right-center field for a double. Sr Ty Nixon followed with a RBI single and the 'Cats led, 1-0.
The teams traded zeros until the 6th, when Phillips reached on an error. After a muffed pickoff attempt in which Phillips raced all the way to 3rd base, the 'Cats Nixon again delivered with a sacrifice RBI to center field to score Phillips. The Wildcats had a 2-0 lead heading into the bottom of the 7th inning. Nixon also mad fine defensive plays at 3rd base during the nightcap game.
Adams made it look easy, getting the first two outs of the inning, before things got a little nervous.
Outfielders, Casey Barron, Aaron Smalley and Kolby Reed did a fine job on defense for Splendora as did Sr Shortstop, Matt Jacquinot, who went deep in the hole to his right and fired a missle to throw out the Panther's Jeremy Anderson for the third out in the 4th inning.
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You need a good frame of reference to see the athleticism on the high school football and basketball teams vs. the athleticism of the top 25 ranked sectional players. You had to play or coach football or basketball. The top 25 sectional players are good tennis players but are not, as a whole, elite athletes. There may be 1 or 2 exceptions. Conversely, the athletes at the skill positions in football and virtually all the basketball players are elite athletes- much better than the tennis players. For tennis players to get to the pro level they must be blessed with superior one in a million athleticism.
80% of the top American junior boys just don't have it. It doesn't matter how hard they train.
You reallly believe that ? Most people thought when they were voting for obama they were getting Kobe , we got a guy that is way underqualified because he has never put a day of work in in his life .
Do yourself a favor get out a dictionary and look up the definition of what and athlete is not your made up version .
Our problem in the USA any kid with talent for tennis we tell him to go to college where it is set up to make you fail at going pro .
BTW I have been to skid-roe and have seen a lot of these so called athletes living out of shopping carts and none of them can run the 40 in a sub 5 second time , because they dont fir the definition of and athlete.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- It didn't matter that Florida State was
depleted by injuries and in last place in the Atlantic Coast
After the final seconds ticked away Saturday night, thousands of
Maryland fans rushed the field to celebrate a victory that nearly
got away against a team that used to rule the league.
Sam Hollenbach threw three touchdown passes, and the Terrapins
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second time in 17 tries that Maryland (6-2, 3-1) defeated Florida
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"It's a big win for our program, but we've still got a long
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Maryland led 27-14 in the third quarter, but was not assured the
victory until Jeremy Navarre blocked a 46-yard field goal try by
Gary Cismesia with 42 seconds left.
"It wore me out. I was working my rosary pretty hard today,"
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Maryland won despite making only three first downs and
accumulating 37 yards in the second half.
Florida State sophomore quarterback Drew Weatherford was a late
scratch with a tendon injury in his right ankle, ending a run of 20
successive starts. He was replaced by sophomore Xavier Lee, who
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"I was calm and collected," Lee said. "The coach gave me the
nod before the game; I came in here and showed him what I can do."
Making his first career start, Lee went 22-for-36 for 286 yards
and two touchdowns.
"I was very impressed. That's the best I have seen him do since
he's been at Florida State," coach Bobby Bowden said. "It didn't
look like Xavier Lee to me. He really answered the bell."
Bowden said the decision to start Lee came just before the
opening kickoff.
The Seminoles also played without leading receiver De'Cody Fagg,
who has a sprained ankle. His replacement, Joslin Shaw, caught two
passes for 35 yards but also dropped one.
Florida State has lost six of its last eight regular-season ACC
games and is alone in the cellar of the league's Atlantic Division.
"It's not so disappointing because we spent so many years not
in this category," Bowden said. "We've been in the top five for
14 years in a row, and here all of a sudden we're not even ranked.
"We have very few seniors on our football team. We know our
future looks good, but we'd like to do it now."
The short-handed Seminoles closed to 27-24 with 8:49 left when
Cismesia kicked a 24-yard field goal after Lee completed a 55-yard
pass to Chris Davis, who finished with eight catches for a
career-high 132 yards.
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with 5:30 to go.
It was a daunting situation, but Lee showed plenty of poise by
repeatedly finding the open receiver during the final drive. He
also received some aid from the Terps, who jumped offside on a
fourth-and-1 from the FSU 46.
The Seminoles got to the Maryland 16, but a sack and an
incomplete pass preceded the ill-fated field goal try by Cismesia.
"When you lose a ball game, the worst thing you can see is your
players quit or gave up. They never quit," Bowden said. "We
should have kicked the field goal and tied the game, that's all."
A brisk wind with gusts of up to 40 mph played havoc with the
kicking game -- only one of the five punts in the first half
traveled more than 38 yards.
On the opening drive of the third quarter, Bowden decided
against punting into the wind on a fourth-and-1 at midfield.
Fullback Joe Surratt was stuffed by Navarre, and a personal foul
against the Seminoles gave Maryland a first down on the FSU 33. On
third down, Hollenbach threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Darrius
It turned out to be the Terrapins' final score. Lee then
directed an 80-yard drive into the wind, capping the march with a
17-yard touchdown pass to Davis to make it 27-21.
Hollenbach finished 9-for-16 for 113 yards. He threw two
touchdown passes in the first half to stake the Terrapins to a
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I love quantum physics and I love popes.
While I was a physics major in college, I created a Facebook group called "Baptists Who Like Catholic Things." When Pope Francis began making some unusual headlines a few months ago, I did some quick calculations and realized that something quirky was happening in the fabric of Papal spacetime.
First, the Pope preached a homily in which he apparently said that atheists were redeemed – that everyone was redeemed, in fact. Then, headlines began popping up about the Pope's approval of gay priests. And at some point in all this, I was informed that I had gotten some time knocked off my purgatory sentence by following him on Twitter.
Thankfully, because of my science background, I was prepared for this barrage. I want to tell you how quantum physics put my mind to ease about the Pope.
The Observer Effect [and the atheist homily]
There's a recurring theme in the reports that follow each of these papal remarks: "Pope Francis is one of us (not one of them)." Like the Jesus of history, people are reading his words and then piecing together an identity for him that always looks curiously close to their own.
Following the Pope's homily that called atheists brothers, an article in The Huffington Post led with the Pope's emphasis on doing good as a principle which unites all of humanity, and the article contrasted him with other Christians who believe that Jesus is the only way of salvation. So, you see, the Pope is a humanist with a universal bent, like us.
Fr Thomas Rosica, a Canadian Catholic priest and journalist who works closely with the Holy See Press Office, offered some dogmatic clarity the next day: the Pope was just riffing on Vatican II. God, through Jesus, lets atheists do good works as a way of bringing them closer to knowing Jesus. Saying that atheists are "redeemed" is just Pope-talk for saying that Jesus died for everybody (news flash: the Pope isn't a 5-point Calvinist), and that some people who are atheists now will ultimately come to Jesus. So, you see, the Pope is a good Catholic, like us.
NPR needed to get a word in at this point, so they said that Fr Rosica's clarification was just "Vatican spin [that] tried to dampen the media hype" following "another example of this pope reaching out to an audience that goes well beyond the church." So, you see, the Pope is a media entity reaching diverse audiences, like us.
Why such confusion? Modern physics. One of the more interesting and frustrating aspects of quantum physics is the observer effect.
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I loved this article! What an interesting critique of how we all "view the world"...'cause, you know, everyone looks like us until they don't. That said, I probably love it because it "puffs me up" and "tickles my ears"...God, why is love so hard?!?!! Thanks for your work: Ur, Paul, and John!
"However, it seems that this article debunks the idea that there are hard facts in science and leaves the impression that scientists are just a confused as everyone else, including the Pope." Well, there are "hard facts" like gravity (which, btw, is still not fully explained so there are things that we just accept as, "there it is" with the hope that something might pop up later in another experiment, but even with that caveat, gravity is still in effect) and then there are, "We're just not sure what we're looking at, right now, but will give it a name because we want everyone to be on the same page when discussing this subject." and a classic example of that is dark matter. We have no bottles of dark matter, no pictures of dark-matter, and certainly no idea what dark-matter is...other than there is something there that the physicists call "dark-matter." It's there...but what it is...what it does???
I wonder what the new media multi-lingual multi-cultural catholic priest Father Roderick would think about this. He is the new author of the book Geek Priest, founder of the Catholic Media network SQPN.com host of the podcast Daily Break and many other podcasts & videos, host of a catholic tv show in his native Holland among many other activities like cooking/food, journalism(he was covering the new popes visit to South America), health/fitness. Father Roderick is also/still a parish pastor/priest that still travels locally mostly by bicycle as he does not own a car.
I confess to being totally 'left-brained' and have always had difficulty with the hard facts of science. However, it seems that this article debunks the idea that there are hard facts in science and leaves the impression that scientists are just a confused as everyone else, including the Pope.
Paul Pastor
No worries. John is the physics geek. All I've done in that department is tour Fermilab as giddy as a toddler, and wonder why merry-go-rounds go faster when you lean into the middle. John wrote it, but since I published it, Ur says I "posted" it.
Oh.../facepalm@self...didn't see that little tagline. sorry Paul, my bad.
David B.
John Daniel Raines wrote this and you can get some more time knocked off your purgatory by following him on twitter @captnsupremo
I'm confused, who wrote this, it says at the end of the article posted by Paul Pastor but at the beginning it seems to site John Raines. I'm guessing John Raines but I don't seem to be the only one confused.
I'm thankful there's a physicist on the Christianity Today dole...me thinks you should write more, Paul. As for the pope...I kept my hopes to a minimum in that I didn't expect a full 180 turn around of the RC, but it's good to see a solid 30 degree course change to it's previous heading. I still won't go back to being Roman Catholic, but...I still adhere to the mysteries that G-d is unknowably Holy, unendingly forgiving, incalculably merciful, and immeasurably gracious.
Steve Martin
I love it when Popes, or anyone else, lifts high the cross of Christ for sinners. I hate it when people make excuses for our sin or even attempt to affirm that sin. May this Pope never back away from God's law...to expose sinners. And may he never shy away from announcing the gospel of the forgiveness of sins in Christ Jesus.
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Refrigerant gas or liquid leaks: this article discusses how to repair refrigerant leaks in air conditioning and cooling systems, using as an example, repairing a leaky or damaged air conditioning the cooling coil (evaporator coil) in the air conditioning air handler unit. Our photo at page top shows the cooling coil in the attic air handler component of a central air conditioning system.
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How To Repair HVAC Air Conditioner Refrigerant Leaks
If your air conditioning or heat pump system has lost its cooling capacity or won't start see REPAIR GUIDE for AIR CONDITIONERS.
As we explain in our articles on lost cooling capacity or air conditioning systems or heat pumps that are not working, a refrigerant leak in your air conditioner or heat pump means that eventually it will just not produce cool air (during air conditioning) nor warm air (during heating if it's also a heat pump).
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First we need an accurate diagnosis of the air conditioning problem. If your air conditioning or heat pump system has lost cooling (or heating) capacity, there can be various causes besides loss of the refrigerant in the system.
Should We Just Add Refrigerant Rather Than Finding and Fixing the Leak in our Air Conditioner or Heat Pump?
At HVAC school we were taught that some HVAC technicians, in the opinion of the instructor (and our own as well), like the idea of a "delivery route" business, coming around periodically to replace lost refrigerant. In our view in many circumstances this can be a questionable practice.
Air conditioners and heat pumps are designed as a closed, hermetically sealed system - they are not supposed to leak refrigerant, and refrigerant leaks are an abnormal condition. The refrigerant leak can be found and repaired.
If the technician was in a hurry, perhaps given many service call assignments, or if s/he didn't want to be hassled by a customer complaining over an "attempt convert a simple recharge to a costly service call", or if the company just likes to deliver refrigerant (lots of repeat business), or finally, if the system with the refrigerant leak is large, commercial, complex, and old - at end of life, s/he may not have mentioned that refrigerant leak repair is even possible.
If you are faced with a costly service call or repair on an old air conditioning system (such as the need to replace a corroded, leaky evaporator coil) on a system that is at or near end of life, it is understandable that you might just prefer to wait and replace the whole system.
But it is not air conditioner or heat pump system age that makes a refrigerant leak able to be found or not, it is system complexity. Sometimes, especially with large complex commercial systems, because tracing all of the piping and tubing and looking for leaks is time consuming, some people opt to just add refrigerant.
Just adding refrigerant is not the best practice. And with old freon-based cooling or heat pump systems such leaks might be illegal as you are damaging the environment and making a prohibited release of Freon gases to the air.
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Replacement of the cooling coil (or condensing coil) is more often going to be recommended by your HVAC technician because of these difficulties.
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Clean Dust & Dirt Off of the Condensing Coil - Air conditioning and refrigeration performance &maintenance tip
As we also introduce at CONDENSING COIL REPAIR REPLACE, there is a big payoff in cleaning dust, debris, grass clippings off of a dirty refrigeration condensing coil (this includes outdoor condenser/compressor units for air conditioners and heat pumps and also the condensing coil on a home refrigerator or freezer).
Because a refrigeration system works by transferring heat from hot refrigeration gas/liquid to ambient air around the condensing coil, if the condenser coil is blocked by dirt and debris, this can prevent complete cooling of the high temperature refrigerant gas back to a liquid state.
The result is you'll get refrigerant gas bubbles passing through the refrigerant metering valve. On refrigeration systems that include a sight glass you can actually see these gas bubbles passing through the system.
More details are at REFRIGERANT SIGHT GLASS.
This oil pooling is not usually a consequential problem provided the collection of oil does not block passage of refrigerant in the system. In good HVACR design the refrigerant piping slopes back from the evaporator unit (cooling unit or air handler) towards the compressor/condenser unit so that refrigerant oil in the line finds its way back to the compressor motor.
Recharging the HVAC System after Refrigerant Leak Repair
In case you didn't realize it, in order to solder a repair in an air conditioner or heat pump piping, tubing, evaporator coil/cooling coil, or condensing coil, it will first be necessary to remove all of the refrigerant from the system.
The HVAC technician will connect a pump to pull a vacuum on the system to remove as much air, gas, debris, and moisture as possible. An evacuator pump is needed for this step. [We made our own vacuum pump using a particularly good performing Frigidaire rotary compressor retrieved from an abandoned antique refrigerator.]
The HVAC technician will probably want to install a refrigerant filter/drier (see our photo below) to remove any moisture that leaked into the system while it was open to the atmosphere, and perhaps she will install other filtration equipment on the system at this time. It's a good idea.
See GAUGE, REFRIGERATION PRESSURE TEST for details about the refrigerant charging procedure using a gauge set and charging cylinder or scale.
Installing a Refrigerant Drier / Debris Filter after Piping Work or System Evacuation/Re-charge
Watch out: good practice following work on refrigerant piping systems or system evacuation and recharging withn refrigerant includes the installation of a debris filter and refrigerant drier device.
Details are at REFRIGERANT DRIERS & FILTERS
Decision to Replace an HVAC Cooling Coil or Evaporator Coil & Replacement Costs
If the decision is to replace the cooling coil or the evaporator coil, be sure that the new coil is the proper size and shape to match the condenser or evaporator unit itself.
Reader Question: should I try to fix a leaky refrigeration coil on my air conditioner?
3/27/14 Mike said:
My air conditioner is 8 years old. The system is leaking refridgerant at a slow level and the hole is midway through coil. Should I try to fix the coil or opt for a new unit?
Some AC coils can be repaired using epoxy but I am not optimistic about this approach. Here are some considerations:
If the coil leak was caused by an accident, like a mechanical puncture, repairing it might yield a durable remaining life for the system provided we don't contaminate (or contaminate and fail to clean) the refrigerant piping system in the process.
If the AC coil leak was caused by vibration and rubbing or by corrosion I fear that fixing the leak in one place is a band-aid repair that won't give a durable repair since other leaks are coming soon. It's the beginning of the end.
If the HVAC system is relatively new so that it uses modern contemporary refrigerants, then replacing the coil is a plausible repair and the recommended one. The system will have to be evacuated, cleaned, new refrigerant installed along with appropriate refrigerant dryer/filters.
If the HVAC system were old enough (probably not your case) that it still uses R22, repair people either take another band-aid approach by replacing the ruined coil with an R-22-rated coil and R22 refrigerant (no longer a proper repair as this refrigerant has been phased out of use) OR the technician may be tempted to install a new coil rated to use a new refrigerant.
But that last approach leads to more costs: a coil mis-matched to the rest of the equipment will operate very poorly, as demonstrated by www.racca-florida.org/AlabamaStudy.pdf
and when we change refrigerant we may need to change additional controls (TEVs for example) increasing the job cost until it begins to look as if a complete outdoor compressor/condenser unit replacement or even a whole system replacement would have been a smarter change.
For an example of coil replacement costs see our condensing coil replacement discussion at CONDENSING COIL REPAIR REPLACE .
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Question: recurrent leaks in low pressure side of AC
(July 3, 2011) james said:
My friend in Tucson,Az just lost her ac unit due to low pressure (leak) for the second time. I'm writing this on July 3rd 2011 and it is going to be 115F here today on a holiday weekend and trying to get service is almost impossible. I might ad that her neighbor is having their system charged every year by another company.
I've found that this seems to be the norm in this part of the country and is not specific to the AC industry. I would like to see these incompetent companies held accountable for their practices. I can only imagine the frustration reliable companies must feel. Thankyou for your time and work posting this information.
Question: is $1700. to replace a coil and add refrigerant a ripoff n a 6 year old unit?
(July 19, 2011) Wilson said:
My A/C has been diagnosed with a coil leak and quoted $1694. to replace and add the 9 lbs of refrigerant. Sound reasonable or a rip off? The unit is only 6 y/o. Of course the 5 year warranty is gone.
Wilson, replacing the coil involves more work than just a bolt-on repair: the system has to be emptied (and refrigerant saved for disposal), the old coil cut out, new coil soldered or brazed in place, a vacuum pulled on the system, tested for leaks, probably a drier installed, and then the system recharged; I don't think that quote is weird, but certainly for any repair over $1000 it makes sense to get two estimates from two experts and to make sure that they are bidding on doing the same job so you can make an apples to apples comparison.
Question: $1300 to replace a coil and pan on my 2 year old Air Conditioner
(July 19, 2011) AC Coil leak and drain pan leak said:
I got an estimate today from Airtron in San Antonio $1298 to replace the coil/pan/ and a few other things for my Carrier A/C it's 2 years old and has 5yr warranty. Tehy came out and said i had a coil leak and drain pan leak my freon level was 75 and the norm is 125.
The $1298 i guess is for labor since the other parts should be covered by Carrier warranty. I may try to have someone who works there do it on the side for a smaller fee. It just seems so expensive to fix.
Some reasons that an A/C coil leak/replacement and drain pan leak repair is costly (more than $1000) are listed in the Q&A above.
Question: Repeated re-filling of refrigerant - nobody fixes the leak. Should I replace the coil?
(July 25, 2011) Marie said:
We have been out of A/C for a week now and I have a 20 month baby at home and pets. My husband got a window unit so we can live and sleep in the living room keeping the other rooms closed and hot (82). We have to go through AHS. Already the unit had a problem last year and got filled 3 times despite being 'diagnosed' with a leak.
Now because we asked to replace the whole unit, the second opinion experts AHS pay say they have to replace the evaporator coil. But since my unit is old (18y.o) they have to adapt it on it requiring I guess more welding work. I dont know what to ask or say because I think they should have done this last year already and the leak could be from anywhere not just the coil correct? What should I do? I am past over a week now w/o AC and temperatures have been reaching 100 (I live in TN). Should I insist to get a whole new unit or just let them replace the coil and make a 'custom' job?
If the leaky component is the evaporator coil it may be so corroded as to be beyond repair. Changing out the coil in an old system runs into lots of trouble including a possible need to change the refrigerant gas type (older R12 and R22 your system could have used are no longer permitted), as well as needing to match the coil size to the air handler.
You're right that there could be more than one leak in the system. What people do is scan all accessible components for evidence of a leak, fix leaks detected, and then pressure test the system before continuing with the repair job.
So if the techs can replace the coil and that fixes your leak problem without a full system replacement, it's worth doing; just ask the results of the pressure test (or vacuum test) that was done before the system was recharged.
Question: Technician used a $500 additive to "fix" aan air conditioner coil leak - guaranteed for a year, lasted 6 weeks!
(Aug 26, 2011) maria holt said:
my technician told us we had a leak in the coil and after he added refrigerant he used something that cost us $465.00 and designed to seal the leak for at least a year. It worked for not even six weeks. Is that ethical? Is the product useful?
I'd sure like to know what product your technician used as a magic refrigerant leak fix. The methods I'm familiar with all involve soldering or brazing. There may be other products and approaches, and if so they might "work" if applied exactly as the manufacturer instructs.
A repair of a refrigerant leak that works should "stay" sealed and continue to work for the life of the equipment, with these exceptions (HVAC techs may have more to add)
- if the HVACR system piping or coils are corroded then no leak repair will be durable as we're facing ever thinning, fragile materials
- if the leak was caused by vibration or repetitive movement of parts that rubs and wears through then the problem may recur
- if the leak is a a fitting such as a service valve or (used in some areas) a flare fitting, then more likely that valve or fitting needs to be replaced or the connection re-made to seal the leak.
I'm reluctant to judge on ethics without more information, but surely it'd be reasonable for you to expect the technician to return and fix the problem (provided it's the same problem not a new one) given that you were promised a year and didn't make even six weeks of no-leaking. It sounds more as if the guarantee should have been ... "... until my truck reaches the end of your driveway"
Question: what causes frost on the refrigerant high side tubing?
(July 16, 2012) Anonymous said:
frost on high side tubing
Anon I've seen this question once before and am sure we don't have all the answers but look for a TEV stuck wide open or a heat pump stuck in heating mode
Shelly think about low refrigerant and pressure equalizing after shutdown
Question: can I re-solder a leaky air conditioner coil that has a tiny leak?
(July 22, 2012) Jim said:
I have a micro leak in the small diameter line from the outside compressor to the inside unit. the hole is at the junction of the tube to the connector, bad weld. I want to try and re solder it but I don't know what would happen to all the freon in the pipes. I doubt that it is flammable but the molecules could break down to something bad. I still have sufficient freon so I don't want it to go to waste.
(July 22, 2012) Richard O'Hara said:
In looking for an a/c leak in a central a/c unit, why not first check for a loose wrench nut fitting? See if any of the nut connections are loose? You didn't even mention that.
Richard your suggestion to try to fix a single leak in an AC coil makes sense - though there should be almost no wrench nut fittings except at the very ends of the refrigerant piping - all the rest are more often brazed.
YOu can often spot a leak at a threaded fitting because the leaking refrigerant gas also brings along a bit of lubricating oil that leaves the fitting dark and sticky. The oily surface on the outside of the fitting around the leak also collects dirt and dust.
Watch out: you may have trouble soldering aluminum coil tubing or brazing and thus melting and destroying other thin-walled tubing materials. You may contaminate the refrigerant system with debris that can then cause a cap tube or TEV vailure. If the leak is on the low pressure side perhaps an epoxy repair would work better.
Question: York heat pump keeps tripping the main breaker. Do I need a new unit?
(Mar 17, 2013) Diane said:
I have an 8 year old York heat pump system. It has been tripping the fuse and not producing air or heat for the past few days. I've been told it could be as simple as replacing a part if one canbe found or I will need to purchase a new unit. Thoughts?
The tripping breaker/fuse suggests an overcurrent that in turn may be due to a failed compressor motor (not at all trivial) or something less costly such as a bad contactor relay. This is a task for a trained service tech not a homeowner. Don't make any expensive repair before the problem has been properly diagnosed.
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This evening 60 Minutes profiled Dr. Jim Gordon, a Georgetown psychiatrist who is counseling both Israeli and Palestinian children who survived rocket attacks following last summer's war between Israel and Hamas.
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"We're confident that will bring longer-lasting gains," said Mark Feierstein, assistant administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean for USAID, in an interview with The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp.
The agency's goal is "ultimately to work ourselves out of business" so local institutions can continue to serve the communities, he said.
"The real contribution USAID is making is not necessarily in terms of resources or financing," Feierstein said. "What we're trying to do is help countries put together models that they can then replicate and scale up. We recognize that our resources are relatively modest if you take into account the magnitude of the challenges these countries are facing."
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USAID is also working with former aid recipients who have been success stories and can lend their expertise to other countries. For example, Brazil was a long-time recipient of USAID help and is now the sixth-largest economy in the world. Brazil is also a USAID partner for agricultural development in Haiti and Mozambique, Feierstein said.
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According to the joint statement read out by the Sudanese Minister Musa, the Ministers agreed to establish a committee to conduct the two additional studies recommended by the International Panel of Experts (IPoE).
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BEIJING (AP) — Faced with growing public anger about a poisonous environment, China's government released a yearslong study that shows nearly one-fifth of the country's farmland is contaminated with toxic metals, a stunning indictment of unfettered industrialization under the Communist Party's authoritarian rule.
The report, previously deemed so sensitive it was classified as a state secret, names the heavy metals cadmium, nickel and arsenic as the top contaminants.
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