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| Is this a good system ?
We will furnish and install the following equipment:
$6400.00 Installed Trane HVAC
Which is the better system ?
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- Posted by tigerdunes (My Page) on Thu, Apr 5, 12 at 11:32
| Jt Some questions please. What is your location? What size home living area? What size furnace and eff are you replacing? What size AC are you replacing? I would like to know the exact mdl number evap coil for each quote. What thermostat is proposed for the Carrier quote? That is a big difference between the 96% eff Carrier furnace and the 80% eff Trane furnace-both 60 K input. That would be about 56 KBTUs output on the Carrier and about 48 KBTUs on the Trane. Not insignificant. I don't care for some shortcuts that homeowners make particularly on reusing linesets and using existing thermostats that shortchange a nice furnace's operational capability. Post back with the info requested. IMO |
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- Posted by neohioheatpump (My Page) on Thu, Apr 5, 12 at 12:30
| I think there is a difference in size of the outdoor units. I think the Carrier quote has 3-ton and the trane is 2.5 ton. Which is correct? What size do you currently have and how did it do? What is your climate and electrical rate/gas rate? |
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| I live in Owings Mills MD My home is townhouse about 1600 sf Both Carrier and Trane did load calc but Trane said total load would be 1.7 Tons so he recommended a 2.5 ton A/C unit and The carrier guy said I was just under 2.5 tons so he recommended the 3 ton unit. I believe the Trane clac is correct, can't verify the carrier guys data although he said he come by today to review with me. |
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| Carrier rep is reviewing his load data and will update me on Monday, My current unit is a York 2.5 Ton A/C unit that does not cool very well, granted its leaking freon and it work VERY hard just to get 75 degree in the summer and can't get any colder than that. Once again train load data said I need minimum of 2.0 Ton but they recommend going to 2.5 Tons based on a load calc of 1.8 for AC cooling. Carrier says I recommend a 3 Ton AC unit based on a Calc load ratio of 2.65 AC load. |
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- Posted by neohioheatpump (My Page) on Fri, Apr 6, 12 at 15:59
| A new some that works good might be fine at 2.5 tons. How did the old unit work when it was new? Can you do any insulating to improve the heat loss/gain at your townhome? Adding Attic insulation is an inexpensive solution that really helps if you don't have a ton of insulatin already. |
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