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re: Central unit went out today
Posted on 12/20/22 at 7:26 am to shutterspeed
Posted on 12/20/22 at 7:26 am to shutterspeed
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Make you a bed of these, baw:
Wally World has electric blankets.
No need to lie in a bed of rusty iron bags.
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Posted on 12/20/22 at 7:38 am to tigeraddict
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what really sucks is they will be changing refrigerant in a couple more years. there will not be a "bridge" type refrigerant to jump from old refrigerants to new one due to UL listing with Flame ratings. once supply of old refrigerant/parts runs out, you have to switch to new units
In the long long run, it would be better to stay riding with an older unit until it finally craps out, for the next new generation of refrigerant. If you can.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 7:58 am to tigeraddict
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can no longer "manufacturer" old style units. but you can buy one in inventory until that inventory runs out.
Incorrect. You cannot manufacture the non-M1 rated units. Also, contractors cannot install non compliant units starting Jan 1st in the southeast and southwest regions. There is no grandfathering (selling old inventory until it runs out) of the rule/law unless you're in what's considered the north region.
Eta: my comments above are regarding changing to a new condenser too. Old furnaces can still be manufactured and installed as a stand alone.
This post was edited on 12/20/22 at 8:04 am
Posted on 12/20/22 at 8:21 am to Gostofkennyrodgerds
Yeah $2k seems high AF for heating element change in an electric furnace.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 8:23 am to Eli Goldfinger
Sorry for your loss.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 8:23 am to TwoFace
Damn
Posted on 12/20/22 at 8:24 am to Napoleon
Gas
Posted on 12/20/22 at 8:29 am to Eli Goldfinger
I got 2 quotes and the 4 ton 16 SEER Unit was $15K 
The 15 SEER was only about $2K less, so I went ahead and bumped it up. Only saving grace is 0% for 60 months. Apparently if I had done it a year ago instead of adding freon, it would have been about 50% cheaper. FML
The 15 SEER was only about $2K less, so I went ahead and bumped it up. Only saving grace is 0% for 60 months. Apparently if I had done it a year ago instead of adding freon, it would have been about 50% cheaper. FML 
Posted on 12/20/22 at 8:29 am to Fat and Happy
quote:Screw sleeping on the floor, buy electric blankets and sleep in your bed.
Turn the oven on to a low temp, open the door, make pallets on the floor by the oven.
Sleep comfortably.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 8:37 am to Eli Goldfinger
Our living room is on its own smaller unit and it won’t kick on as if yesterday. The thermostat isn’t dead and it even makes that click you hear when the unit is about to kick on, but it never does.
Doesn’t look like any breakers are tripped, so I guess it’s ANOTHER call to the HVAC people. Mind you, we just spent in the mid 30s $$ on HVAC a few months ago, for the other 3 units. Go figure the one that didn’t need to be touched now does this.
Doesn’t look like any breakers are tripped, so I guess it’s ANOTHER call to the HVAC people. Mind you, we just spent in the mid 30s $$ on HVAC a few months ago, for the other 3 units. Go figure the one that didn’t need to be touched now does this.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 9:17 am to tigeraddict
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can buy one in inventory until that inventory runs out
That’s apparently tricky too, because inventories are very low. I live near Nashville and he had to go up to KY to get my unit.
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once supply of old refrigerant/parts runs out, you have to switch to new units
Seeing as how R22 was phased out 15ish years ago but is still available, I think 410A will also be available for a long time.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 9:19 am to fr33manator
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I feel ya bud. No great time for a kick in the nuts, but right before Christmas is just insult to injury.
maybe he can have you over for story telling with some funny hat wearing while he's shivering.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 9:29 am to Eli Goldfinger
That sucks, but I’ll take single digit temps with no heat over triple digit temps with no AC.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 9:34 am to Napoleon
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Yeah $2k seems high AF for heating element change in an electric furnace.
Maybe semi-related, but the heating element in our dryer went out a few weeks ago. Repair guy wanted $450 to replace it. That’s like half the price if the dryer. I was thinking it would be $200ish. Even that would have felt like a ripoff but I still would have paid it just to be done with it same day.
Ended up ordering a $40 element off of Amazon and did it myself with YouTube as a guide
Posted on 12/20/22 at 9:34 am to Eli Goldfinger
Just changed everything but the ducts. 4 ton, gas heat cost me 8k. My system was old and the new regs coming out are retarded so I bit the bullet
Posted on 12/20/22 at 10:08 am to DTRooster
Just had a new air handler installed on Monday. 3.5 ton. $5,800.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:44 pm to Python
Just replaced a 23 year old 5 ton package unit with natural gas heat. $12K
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