BTW would have loved to have 80 degrees upstairs. It was 85 degrees at 11pm on Saturday NIGHT.....
Scsmith42 recommends against a misting system. But if you want to see one in action:I thought about this this morning. What if I set up one of those misting hoses around the unit...great minds...
Maybe if you ask nicely.What else does he do for cash?
Having leak fixed today in a 3 year old lennox. Pin hole at outside coil. Can't save freon. Dump 11 pounds to air, fix leak, putt 11 back in at 79 bucks per pound plus labor.
Dumping refrigerant to the atmosphere is highly illegal. Film that and should get the whole job free. That’s a $25,000 fine and up to 5 years in prison. Global warming laws of the Montreal Protocol Act.Having leak fixed today in a 3 year old lennox. Pin hole at outside coil. Can't save freon. Dump 11 pounds to air, fix leak, putt 11 back in at 79 bucks per pound plus labor.
You cannot buy refrigerant without a minimum of a EPA card designated for home repair. There are three levels of a EPA certification. Sell to a non certified person is jail time and huge fine if caught. Everybody is breaking the law these days. They eventually get turned in. It may take a few years.Umm, I'm going to assume that at 3 years old it is using R410-A, aka Puron. According to my quick web search this stuff was running $6.00 a pound a few months ago. 11 lbs sounds about right for a 3 ton unit or do. While you are paying some for the knowledge of the job, a 1300% mark up seems outrageous. I may be wrong but I don't think R410 requires a license to buy. At that price you might be better off getting the gauges, the gas, oil, and charging it yourself, but then they wouldn't warranty the job.
Did you at least get multiple quotes?
And I assume you don’t believe taking millions of barrels of oil daily out of the ground has no effect on earthquakes? And yes I will continue to buy petro and drive but I do own a guzzler and a Prius.I am a scientist, and I think people who think we are causing global warming will believe anything.
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Running like a dog? Is that good or bad?He was able to recapture and filter 6 pounds. Which ended up being pretty much all it had in it. Unit is running like a dog so far now.
Matters what kind of dog he’s got.Running like a dog? Is that good or bad?
a properly insulated house with a properly sized ac system should be able to maintain 20 deg. better than the ambient temps . so 72 on a 92 deg.. day is pretty good . not saying things couldn't get better though. when temps get that high small problems like dirty filters , dirty coils , blower wheels etc. can be magnified . if its maintaining 72 on a 92 deg. day then your Freon level is probably good
We set our thermostat at 80 in the summer.
Newer studies have found it is more efficient to leave the temp constant day/night than different set points.Damn.
We keep ours at 72 (day)/68 (night) in the summer and 65(day)/60 (night) in the winter.
Those filters restrict alot of airflow thus raising head pressure in the system and degrading performance. I understand pets and allergies and all that. Imho you would be better off replacing the filters 2x a month and using cheaper non pleated filters.
I've advised past customers to do this and had great results.
I can tell that they're restrictive, absolutely. But could you recommend a good non-pleated filter? I just want the filter to keep dust and lint out of the system. HVAC is expensive, so the health of the system is very important to me.
Newer studies have found it is more efficient to leave the temp constant day/night than different set points.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Flander...-Flat-Panel-Air-Filter-10255-011624/203839130
I use and reccomend Flanders precision aire
I've been using those for as long as I can remember.
The pleated filters can really throw the pressures off when having a unit serviced.
Newer studies have found it is more efficient to leave the temp constant day/night than different set points.
Initially there was a cheap 16x25x1 pleated filter installed, without the wire, and the thing was practically being sucked into the return. Research led me to the Nordic pure filters as they're very rigid and filter lots of junk but I could tell right away that they were more restrictive. Thanks a lot for the suggestion, I'll look into non-pleated.
It always has been better. At least the 25 years I have been in and out of the business.
When you set the temps up even 3° the humidity raises as well. The unit actually works harder and longer to lower the temp those 3° than it would to just let it hum along at one set point.
That's another thing I've always told customers. Actually had a few tell me their power bill went down as much as 10%
I can tell that they're restrictive, absolutely. But could you recommend a good non-pleated filter? I just want the filter to keep dust and lint out of the system. HVAC is expensive, so the health of the system is very important to me.
Also note that lazy installers will also leave the filter in the air handler or just forget. Most, not all, ship with a cheap filter. I've seen that filter in a unit 5 years old and looks like a piece of cardboard. Solid cakes with dirt.
If there is one. It will be between the blower motor and the coil.
There will be a slot with thumb screws if the door is screwed on.
If it's a lift off door there will still be a slot for a filter.
Look right where the duct meets the unit. On the system we installed in my parents house, it’s hard to see put there is a little panel that swings open and you can pull the filter out.Man, I looked and looked and did not see a spot where a filter could be installed. I really hope I'm not missing it, but I'll get up there and look again. Now this is concerning.
Don't BS us--they hadn't invented ice yet when you were a kid.Have ya'll forgotten about a fan blowing across a block of ice??? How about a swamp cooler in a window with water dripping through the excelsior??
Do ya'll even KNOW what a block of ice or excelsior is?????? Guess you've figured out my age by now....
Multi-zone systems with variable speed fans (to reduce volume when only one zone is calling for air). If a fan breaks, regardless of which floor it's for, you're going to be calling for immediate repair. So it makes more sense (to me) to have a single unit with multiple zones. Cheaper costs all around, and less to break.I've noticed that the new 2-story 2600+ sq.ft slab homes they're selling next to me for $300K+ have a single outside condenser unit. Maybe they have a 3-way split system but I am guess they only have one air handler as well. That would have been no Bueno to loose something like a fan this week.
Any return grill on the ceiling close to the air handler or furnace?
I’ve been doing this for 30 years. I rarely do a multi zone off one unit unless someone insist. I do not like that method at all. The theory is you undersize the unit due to not needing all the zones on at once. But the code official requires you to size the whole system using a calculation which means a total btu unit must be installed. This is why I love Mitsubishi minisplits- for these conditions.Multi-zone systems with variable speed fans (to reduce volume when only one zone is calling for air). If a fan breaks, regardless of which floor it's for, you're going to be calling for immediate repair. So it makes more sense (to me) to have a single unit with multiple zones. Cheaper costs all around, and less to break.
Damn hot out there today for sure. Thank goodness I worked inside and gave bids out today. And @Tinman made me buy a gun today because we passed a LGS. He’s a bad influence guys. You cannot keep up with his buying habit.