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| Hello -
I have been trying to make heads/tails of recommendations I've received on fixing my broken Carrier A/C. The unit is 10 years old -- I believe it's a 5-ton model CD5AXA0600024AAAA. The unit's been leaking for 2+ years and finally diganosed leak in coil. We have a 4500 sf split level -- with some inefficiencies in a couple rooms (e.g., bedroom converted from attic space and addition) -Should I have another coil-only installed -- just replace same model coil, leave condenser? Have bids b/w 1600 and 2500 to do this. One comes with a 2 year parts and labor warranty; not sure about others. Still freeon; not ideal, but buys us some time (maybe). -Alternatively, should I go with a update/ replacement of both coil, condenser and pipes? To R410 Refrigerant. Have bids for
Alternatively again, two people gave me recs to replace the AC AND the furnace to gain efficiencies in room temps, etc. for b/w 11K and 14K but this really seems like overkill. Q: If we simply replace the coil are we throwing good money after bad? What if a leak develops in condenser (10 years old)? Q: If we replace and upgrade the A/C -- should we go more "top of the line" with variable speed that we can have in the future when we eventually replace furnace? Or is this a waste too? Any advice anyone can offer from experience would be great--just looking for some ways to make sense of it all. Thanks! |
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- Posted by tigerdunes (My Page) on Thu, Jul 5, 12 at 15:59
| From a purely cost standpoint, I think it is a poor idea of replacing a bad evap coil on a 10 yr old condenser. Guess what, after you replace the coil, you still have a 10 yr old AC system. IMO |
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