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A tech recovers refrigerant from one customer's unit. Without reclaiming, where can it go?

Only back into equipment owned by the same customer.

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  1. Into any customer's unit on the same truck
  2. Onto the wholesale market
  3. Into another appliance owned by the same customer ✔

Why: EPA allows recovered used refrigerant to be charged into another appliance owned by the same customer. To move it to a different owner or sell it, it must be reclaimed first.

Huh, didn't know that: EPA says reclaimers and some distributors may pay for used refrigerant, depending on type and contamination.

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Answer: Into another appliance owned by the same customer. EPA allows recovered used refrigerant to be charged into another appliance owned by the same customer. To move it to a different owner or sell it, it must be reclaimed first.

  1. EPA's Refrigerant Management Program: Questions and Answers for Section 608 Certified Technicians www.epa.gov/section608/epas-refrigerant-management-program-questions-and-answers-section-608-certified
    into another appliance owned by the same customer
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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