I don’t know, I was merely commenting (and agreeing) that the cost you mentioned is inflated by seven times. I do my own work.
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They charged me for 7 pounds of the stuff at $95 per, when diagnosing and replacing the evaporator.
For a system this old, I think OP will have a hard time finding someone to replace just the evaporator. Most will push hard for a brand new system.
Having said that, I would still try to find someone to fix it. The new systems and especially the installers pushing for them aren’t great these days.
Having said that, I would still try to find someone to fix it. The new systems and especially the installers pushing for them aren’t great these days.
Yep. However, you can expect to see them in EVs. Telsa for example uses a heat pump in most if not all current models.
Repairing a system of this age is like doing a headgasket on a FWD V6 engine with 400,000 miles.
No, it's like doing a headgasket on a Toyota Sequoia with 400,000 miles. Then it will go another 400,000 miles.
No, because the compressor or fan motor can fail next, and those can be equally as expensive to repair.
Or they may not fail for another 5 or 10 years. And the fan motor is like $150 and an hour labor on the condenser.
Quite the blanket statement to make - have you priced out a fan motor lately? Some of the ECM motors on Trane units are well over $1K for the part alone. Just replaced one last year.
Fan motors on 20 year old systems are cheap and easy to repair.
Replaced the fan motor myself on my 30 year old Amana condenser for $87 a few years ago.
In my experience, capacitor fails long before the compressor or either of the fan motors.
You have to take into account the age of the system. There was no ECM motors back then.
These old systems were very simple and parts are quite cheap when compared to the modern systems. That is their advantage.
I also think that it is worth to keep them going, provided you know how to, or have an HVAC guy that is willing.
How do you know where the leak is? Did they use a sniffer or do a dye test?
I ask because it is common for systems of that age to develop leaks at the schrader valves in the service ports. You can replace those without losing the charge.
My R22 Carrier units are 30 years old and still running fine but I service them myself.
Fair points. My last experience with Trane/AS units from the mid 2000's involved fan motors that were over $1K, but perhaps it was an anomaly.
Where I live, no one has run home AC yet for the most part. The first hot day we get when people run it will swamp HVAC companies for a while. I’d be getting an estimate on a new system asap.
Please show me where you will guarantee this.
You have proven over and over you like to argue but have zero experience or knowledge about what you're arguing about/for.
I think there are a few aftermarket options which can reduce the cost substantially now.
Yes. Is that a problem?
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