Home HVAC has a refrigerant leak
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Most consumer and HVAC pro survey ratings indicate American Standard/Trane as being #1 followed closely by Carrier/Bryant systems.
Most trades people don't want to do repair on old system as there may be callback unrelated to their work, or something else broke along the way not their fault and they have to eat the cost.
Same for doing head gasket on a 400k mile car regardless of which one. Even an LS400 would have a lot of people not wanting to deal with it out of the blue, nobody want to be called to check for stuff unrelated to their work (hey my transmission stopped working after your head gasket replacement, you need to rebuild it for free).
Same for doing head gasket on a 400k mile car regardless of which one. Even an LS400 would have a lot of people not wanting to deal with it out of the blue, nobody want to be called to check for stuff unrelated to their work (hey my transmission stopped working after your head gasket replacement, you need to rebuild it for free).
The outdoor unit probably has fin rot. Reduces efficiency.
Not for me
As someone that has installed pretty much every major brand of hvac system I prefer Trane/American Standard. The build quality is above the rest.
Just a quick NOTE: I recently cleaned my air handler. The foil backed insulation was degrading. After cleaning, and using tape over the bad sections, I painted it with Rust Oleum Chrome paint. It was a perfect match and a great way to restore the insulation without replacing it.
Anyway,,,
The evaporator coil is probably a copper pipe, 4 row, A frame style with external expansion valve and multiple external lines. These lines tend to rub on the steel plates that cover the serviceable side of the evaporator. I'm guessing it is repairable, in place. It will look like this, a mess of tubing. I'll bet one of the tubes rubbed until it perforated.
Anyway,,,
The evaporator coil is probably a copper pipe, 4 row, A frame style with external expansion valve and multiple external lines. These lines tend to rub on the steel plates that cover the serviceable side of the evaporator. I'm guessing it is repairable, in place. It will look like this, a mess of tubing. I'll bet one of the tubes rubbed until it perforated.
I agree with having a good install done. Maybe in another 5 years, you will reap the ROI with your electric savings using your new unit.
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What's truly bizarre is that when I got a TRANE in 2020, the website was not updated (now it is, maybe in 2023). So when my system was installed, it happened to be one of those with the fancy status adding tops, and I thought I got gypped because what I got didn't match the website. Also, per the web mine should have had a "blanket" over the compressor, and it did not. Turns out other people thought the same thing and it was simply that the website hadn't noted everybody that the cheapification that had taken place.
Today, it seems TRANE did what the German car cos have done to the engines, where the model number got smaller lol
Lastly I did hear American Standard is identical, although status might be slightly lower with them lol
All kidding aside, no issues for 2 entire seasons....got the 94% furnace not the 96%.
Maybe there is a new rating called SEER2
In my case, 1951 house, not all dealers included a stainless steel chimney liner I take it to offer a lower quote, but since the hot water heater is orphaned, online says it's needed due to condensation...
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