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.You think an hvac service company will use YOUR cylinder to charge the system?
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.You think an hvac service company will use YOUR cylinder to charge the system?
Yep. However, you can expect to see them in EVs. Telsa for example uses a heat pump in most if not all current models.Which if operated in reverse would heat the vehicle. The reason they don’t is because the waste heat from the coolant is easier.
20-21 year old TRANE XL1800 apparently has a refrigerant leak in the evaporator coil. Is there a type of refrigerant that has some "sealing" compound to stop leaks?
No, it's like doing a headgasket on a Toyota Sequoia with 400,000 miles. Then it will go another 400,000 miles.Repairing a system of this age is like doing a headgasket on a FWD V6 engine with 400,000 miles.
No, because the compressor or fan motor can fail next, and those can be equally as expensive to repair.No, it's like doing a headgasket on a Toyota Sequoia with 400,000 miles. Then it will go another 400,000 miles.
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.And the fan motor is like $150 and an hour labor on the condenser.
No, because the compressor or fan motor can fail next, and those can be equally as expensive to repair.
You have to take into account the age of the system. There was no ECM motors back then.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.
How do you know where the leak is? Did they use a sniffer or do a dye test?20-21 year old TRANE XL1800 apparently has a refrigerant leak in the evaporator coil. Is there a type of refrigerant that has some "sealing" compound to stop leaks?
Fan motors on 20 year old systems are cheap and easy to repair.
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.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.
No, it's like doing a headgasket on a Toyota Sequoia with 400,000 miles. Then it will go another 400,000 miles.
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.
Yes. Is that a problem?Really?