What changed in Ref LeakLog

A new page explains how to bring in the equipment list you already have: upload the spreadsheet or photograph a nameplate, then check every unit before it is saved.

A unit whose refrigerant blends an ozone-depleting substance with a regulated HFC now answers to § 84.106 from 15 lb, unless it is in the residential and light-commercial air-conditioning and heat-pump subsector, and to § 82.157 as well from 50 lb (40 CFR 84.106(a)(1), (a)(3); 82.157(a)).

The dashboard now asks the account owner what kind of system each comfort-cooling unit is, because § 84.106 does not apply to the residential and light-commercial air-conditioning and heat-pump subsector; until now only the equipment pages asked (40 CFR 84.106(a)(3)(ii)).

Equipment whose refrigerant neither leak-repair rule reaches, such as ammonia or CO2, no longer gets repair deadlines (40 CFR 84.106(a)(1)–(2); 82.157(a)).

A new free tool, “Is it covered?”, asks three questions about a unit (refrigerant, full charge, kind of appliance) and tells you whether 40 CFR 84.106, 40 CFR 82.157 or neither applies, citing the paragraph behind each step.

A unit's retirement date is now recorded when you retire it and can't be backdated.

Chronic-leaker reports now read every service event in the year before they print a verdict, however large the fleet.

Chronic-leaker reports now keep units retired during the year, list R-22 units under § 82.157(j), which reaches them at 50 lb or more, and no longer print a verdict the record can't support (40 CFR 82.157(j)).

If you cancel, your account stays available read-only for at least three years after the subscription ends, so you can still produce the records the rule requires you to keep for at least three years (40 CFR 84.106(l)).

Before opening a repair, Ref LeakLog now checks whether § 84.106 reaches the unit, so units under 15 lb no longer get § 84.106 repair deadlines, and neither do comfort-cooling units you mark as a rooftop unit, split system, heat pump or PTAC, which EPA places in the subsector § 84.106(a)(3)(ii) exempts; one of those of 50 lb or more whose refrigerant is or contains an ozone-depleting substance, such as R-22, still answers to § 82.157 (40 CFR 84.106(a), (a)(3)(ii); 82.157(a); 89 FR 82718).

We corrected our guides, free template and tools, which had treated rooftop units and split systems as covered; most are in the residential and light-commercial air-conditioning and heat-pump subsector that § 84.106 does not apply to (40 CFR 84.106(a)(3)(ii); 89 FR 82717–82718).

We fixed the free spreadsheet template's annualizing formula, which did not cap the days since the last refrigerant addition at 365 (40 CFR 84.102).

We fixed the free leak-rate calculators, which showed the annualizing result when you picked the rolling-average method.

You can now import your equipment list from a CSV or Excel file, or photograph a nameplate or an equipment schedule; every unit becomes a draft you check and confirm before it is saved.

When a unit is swapped out, one flow now retires the old unit, keeping its record, and opens the form for its replacement.

Scanning a unit's QR tag while signed out now opens a page that explains the tag, instead of a bare sign-in screen.

The unit page, the equipment list, the site page, the dashboard and the equipment PDF now show the same current leak rate, calculated on the unit's record as it stands today.

When a unit's full charge is revised, its equipment PDF now lists each revision with how the charge was determined and when, and each earlier leak rate says which full charge it was calculated on (40 CFR 84.106(l)(1)(v)).

The equipment form now offers every refrigerant on our master list, R-22 included, and choosing “Other” asks you to name the refrigerant.

We fixed sign-up confirmation, magic-link and password-reset emails, whose links were being rejected.

An invitation a teammate hasn't accepted now shows as pending or expired on the Team page, with a button to send it again, and an expired link tells the teammate who can send a new one.

We fixed the first-login welcome step, which failed with an error for new accounts.

Two refrigerant additions on the same day no longer inflate the annualizing leak rate, since the rule counts days since the last day refrigerant was added, and a backdated entry that pushes a later addition over its threshold now opens the repair (40 CFR 84.102).

Trial reminder emails now go only to a confirmed address, so an abandoned duplicate sign-up no longer gets its own reminders.

We re-checked every public guide, post and tool against the regulation's text and corrected about 120 statements that were wrong or imprecise.

Sign-up confirmation emails now link to refleaklog.app and confirm only when you press the button, so a work email's link scanner can't use the link up first.