Important: In order to purchase this refill and have immediate empty-to-full exchange, you must have previously purchased a cylinder with the HandyGas formula.

How does the HandyGas Frigo service work?

The customer, who has previously purchased from GeneralGas/SaldoGas the 6-12.5-13.6-liter refrigerant gas cylinder, including the first gas charge, has automatically activated the HandyGas Frigo service, which entitles the customer to the subsequent “empty versus full” exchange of his container.

With the HandyGas Frigo service, the customer returns the empty cylinder and/or empty cylinders (previously purchased from GeneralGas/SaldoGas) and immediately receives a cylinder filled with gas in exchange.

The same type and quantity of full cylinders corresponding to the delivered empties will be returned to the customer.

The customer goes to the main General Gas and Saldogas locations throughout the country, delivering the empty containers previously purchased

The empty containers will be immediately inspected by branch/agency personnel to verify:

that the container was distributed by GeneralGas and/or SaldoGas (equipped with the HandyGas Frigo sticker)

that the vessel's valve has not been damaged and that the vessel is compliant (no burns, incisions, obvious structural damage), subject to normal wear and tear from use (e.g., scratches on the cylinder's paintwork)

The warehouse delivers the full container to the customer (immediate “empty vs. full” exchange)

The full cylinder returned to the customer, while not new, is guaranteed to be in optimum condition of use, ie:

equipped with a new CLP label, compliant with the new Reg. (EU) 2024/573, indicating the GWP of the gas contained in the container and the total charge expressed in Kg and TonCO2eq.

equipped with a new shrink seal

fitted with an intact plastic cap

tested, i.e., not expired of testing

The customer only pays for the gas refill and does not have to wait for the time to fill his containers!

Strengths of the HandyGas Frigo service:

Speed:

zero waiting time to receive a full cylinder, upon return of the vacuum;

customer immediately receives a full container upon delivery of the vacuum;

cylinder always in optimal useable condition and periodically re-cleaned within the 10-year terms

Safety:

the vessels the customer receives are a “guaranteed used”;

the vessels are analyzed and reconditioned each time they are returned to the facility

Cost-effectiveness:

the customer pays only the refilling cost

the customer no longer has to worry about the 10-year reconditioning of the receptacle, as he or she will always receive a valid and periodically reconditioned receptacle

IMPORTANT NOTES:

the immediate empty-to-full exchange service is only possible with GeneralGas and/or SaldoGas receptacles that have the HandyGas Frigo service identification sticker;

empty receptacles owned by the customer will be handled in the standard way (the customer will have to wait for the technical time required to fill his receptacle);

full containers corresponding to the number of delivered empties will be returned to the customer; if the customer needs more full containers immediately, he/she will have to purchase a new HandyGas Frigo container;

the containers the customer receives are different from those delivered, but guaranteed to be in excellent condition and properly maintained;

the cumulative testing certificate for the receptacle may possibly be provided, at the specific request of the customer, when the receptacle is purchased (the customer is aware, however, that once the empty cylinder is returned and the full one is received, the cumulative certificate will be, of necessity, different).

Recipient and manner of returning the empty are in accordance with the new Reg. (EU) Fgas 2024/573 which prescribes:

Article 11 - Restrictions on placing on the market and sale.

Paragraph 4 - Companies placing refillable containers for fluorinated greenhouse gases on the market shall submit a declaration of compliance including evidence confirming the existence of binding arrangements for the return of such containers for refilling, in particular identifying the relevant actors, their mandatory commitments and relevant logistical arrangements. Such arrangements shall be made binding on distributors of refillable fluorinated greenhouse gas containers to end users.

R404A Refrigerant Gas Reclaimed at the GeneralGas site of Cernusco sul Naviglio, authorized by the Ministry of the Environment with official Program Agreement.

Reclamation carried out in accordance with the European Regulation F-Gas No 517/2014, quality of reclaimed R404A meets AHRI700-2017 standard (characteristics equivalent to those of the virgin product).

The reclaimed gas supplied by GeneralGas is labeled under RE 517/2014 with the indication that the substance has been properly reclaimed, indications on the batch number and the name and address of the regeneration site.

R404A Refrigerant Gas Reclaimed at the GeneralGas site of Cernusco sul Naviglio, authorized by the Ministry of the Environment with official Program Agreement.

Reclamation carried out in accordance with the European Regulation F-Gas No 517/2014, quality of reclaimed R404A meets AHRI700-2017 standard (characteristics equivalent to those of the virgin product).

The reclaimed gas supplied by GeneralGas is labeled under RE 517/2014 with the indication that the substance has been properly reclaimed, indications on the batch number and the name and address of the regeneration site.

TECHNICAL NOTE:

As of 01/01/2020, the systems operated with gas type R404A/R507/R422D (i.e. with a value of GWP > 2.500), having a refrigerant charge of more than 40 Ton CO2 (equivalent, for example, to 10,2 kg of R404A), it will no longer be possible to use virgin gas in service or maintenance, as required by the current F-Gas regulation (EU Regulation 517/2014 art 13 paragraph 3).

The above legislation expressly prohibits the use of virgin gases, so any stock of such refrigerants (purchased before that date) will no longer be able to be used. In the absence of preventive retrofits (extraordinary maintenance) that provide for the replacement of the above refrigerants with more environmentally friendly refrigerants (e.g. HFO-based refrigerant mixtures, such as R448A-R449A-R452A etc. defined Low GWP, and in any case with GWP > 2 500), the use of reclaimed refrigerants is still possible in service or maintenance.

The use of regenerated refrigerant gas is permitted for a wide period, i.e. until 2030, as per the provisions contained in Regulation (EU) n ro 517/2014 art 13 paragraph 3 letters a) and b)

The reclaimed refrigerant has the same chemical composition and performance as virgin gas, perfectly corresponding to american AHRI700-2017 standards, universally recognized as a qualitative reference; reclaimed gas is obtained from industrial chemical processes, which use as a raw material waste made from refrigerant gases; its production is the prerogative of plants that are authorized by the Ministry of the Environment to treat waste.

Kryon® 404A The reference product for commercial refrigeration