I recently had the opportunity to speak with a distributor of Freon Locking Caps. These simple, inexpensive caps lock down your freon lines to prevent two things: One, keeps freon from leaking out of the fitting and two keeps kids/adults from stealing your freon. Stealing freon is not new either is "Huffing" freon to get high.
After the death of a friend's son from inhaling freon from a neighbors A/C unit, I decided to use my influence as a real estate professional. What I do is recommend is this: You have a ticking time bomb in the open, on your property. You are liable for any accident that occurs on your property and should take reasonable care and lock up your freon lines. The small caps are very inexpensive and must be installed by an A/C company in most states. I had three of my customers a/c's fixed with these caps at the rate of $38.00 for the visit during the annual routine cleaning/maintenance. What little effort this took may prevent another tragic death of a child. For further information on Freon Locking caps, email me.
Looking for something to send out to customers and tired of recipes....send out a safety tip such as this.
Below is a photo of the caps.
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Thanks for sharing this information Lori. You might think about putting this into the Eco Green Scene group. Freon is obviously an environmental issue as well.
great information... the things we don't know can definitely hurt us
Thanks Lori,
I will be keeping a closer eye on my AC
Great Post Lori! I think you should psot this in Ask The Home Inspector as well. It would be nice if they could start recommending this cheap fix to their clients and maybe save a life or 2 along the way!
Great information! I never knew such a product exsisted. This is just the kind of info that homeowners need to safegaurd themselvs. Thanks Lori!
I never knew there was theft of freon gas. It blows me away what others will do. If these locks save just one life they are worth the cost.
Good tip. I once saw two teens picked up for sniffing an aerosol can of some type in Albertsons. It is amazing what they will do, regardless of safety.
Lori, I had no idea this was going on. I had never heard of it. It is definitely a small price to pay. Thanks for the heads up.
Intersting post, Lori.....I had absolutely no idea that someone would try to steal freon. What next!
I also had no Idea that someone would steal freon
Wonderful post. Thank you so much for this great information.
Statistics
Awesome information! Thanks
I have never heard of this before - sniffing freon -- I will check with the police dept. in NH and see if it is a problem in our state. Thanks for the information -- it is good to know there is a easy way to prevent injury to children.
Sniffing freon? Wow, I never heard of that before. Thanks for writing about it.
Wow - it's hard to believe someone would actually inhale that stuff - I've smelt it before and it is definitely not pleasant. Anyway - thanks for the tip!
I had never given it a thought...
This is excellent information. Thanks for the photos as it helps to understand what the issue actually is.
Thank you Lori.
Yes, the photos make it very easy to understand. I wasn't aware of this either.
You may want to put the statistics in the post, so they won't be missed by those who don't read comments.
Lori...
This is amazing. I...like others here...Had no idea this was going on. It make me wonder how many consumers have no idea either. Nor did I know that inhaling is that big of a problem with today's teens. This is so very sad.
Thanks for sharing all of this with us.
TLW...ROAR!
Hey Lori, thanks for the post. We had a huffing incident at our house and the neighbor's house a couple of years ago and all the Freon was drained over a period of a week or so...it just kept getting hotter and hotter in the house as they kept coming back for more. Our A/C unit is now no longer accessible, but these caps would have been great to have then. I'll keep them in mind to recommend to others.
Wow Lori, thanks for sharing! This is something I've not been exposed to. Way to service your clients outside the box!