My old coil fins were SO clogged..they were crap...The new ones are like double the size...the handler barely fit vertically.94YellowStang said:
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I have the Trane XR12 4.5 ton 15 SEER unit outside. Also have the 4.5 handler inside the garage. I had to replace mine last year. The owner of the company I work for had a 2500 sq. ft. house in the Keys. He leveled it and built a mansion. Before they destroyed the house I went down there and yanked the handler out of it. It was only 6 months old (Freebie).
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94GTLaserRC said:
Big time. The original 10 SEER unit and handler was struggling. I'm saving $30-$50 a month.
MysticKeith50
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yeah it sucks when your a grow up and have to spend money on grown up things....my wife wants a paver walkway in the front of our house....I'm like 
...guess I will have to cross my fingers to more cubic inched this year
...guess I will have to cross my fingers to more cubic inched this year
BlackVert
15 Year Member
back from the dead!
my a/c froze up today, and the guy just left. the compressor was made in 1970, and it has 5 leaks in different spots on the outside coils. the inside coils have more leaks too.
$3500 for a new one, SEER 13. it's gonna be a ducane
and my birthday is one week from today ...
ugh
my a/c froze up today, and the guy just left. the compressor was made in 1970, and it has 5 leaks in different spots on the outside coils. the inside coils have more leaks too.
$3500 for a new one, SEER 13. it's gonna be a ducane
and my birthday is one week from today ...
ugh
Bosko5.0
Active Member
Chris, if the coil itself is leaking [if you had to] you can take it apart and try to fix it. It's labor intensive but might be cheaper. I need to have it done on the unit for the main part of the house. I won't do it myself (gonna need an evac, opening, vac and recharge anyhow).
FWIW, if you remove the filter, does the coil take longer to freeze? Too little air flow (restrictive air filter) will prematurely ice the coil. The greater the temp delta and/or humidity, the worse it is too.
Anyhow, that sounds like a nice way to go (I would if I wasn't poor - new is so much better than working on the old crap).
Good luck with it.
FWIW, if you remove the filter, does the coil take longer to freeze? Too little air flow (restrictive air filter) will prematurely ice the coil. The greater the temp delta and/or humidity, the worse it is too.
Anyhow, that sounds like a nice way to go (I would if I wasn't poor - new is so much better than working on the old crap).
Good luck with it.
That Sucks...Mine went out LAST summer (S FL) and I decided to GO FOR IT, and get a 17 SEER TRANE. Has a 10 yr warranty on compressor, and 5 years parts and labor for everything else... Sucker cools GREAT!
Sapped all my engine funds though.
RC
Sapped all my engine funds though.
RC
BlackVert
15 Year Member
this one is a 13 SEER
the new one has a parts and labor warranty for 5 years.
yeah, i get it either tuesday or wednesday
even though it might be fixable, the thing is so old that i'd prefer to just get new one so i don't have to worry about it for a long time. 37 years seems like a really long time for a compressor to live
the new one has a parts and labor warranty for 5 years.
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