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Posted by Zyp on November 11, 2007, 2:57 pm
HVAC Guy wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>
>> Just returned from military deployment and my welcome back gift
>> from the wife was "the AC and Heater need to be fixed".
>
> Your welcome-to-this-newsgroup gift will be - basically nothing useful
> (if you're lucky) and more likely some verbal abuse if you ask too
> many questions.
>
>> Company A said replace the bad circuit board ($760) and you
>> should be good for another 7 years. Company B recommended
>> replacing the furnace because it will "nickel and dime" us
>
> The blue-collar hvac dweebs who will even bother to answer will
> basically agree that you need to empty your wallet on a new furnace,
> preferrably one with a board that will cost $1500 to replace when it
> goes bad in the future.
>
>> Any opinions would be appreciated.
>
> The AC can wait until spring (you're not saying what part of the AC is
> the problem).
>
> As for the circuit board, $760 is a ripoff considering that a Pentium
> Core-2 Intel motherboard with CPU will cost about half that. The
> board probably costs $100 and they're charging $660 to install it.
Obviously;
HVAC Guy isn't HVAC. The cost of the board, carry it around on the truck
until someone needs it investment [I could have put the money in the bank
instead and earned currently 5.25% and not done anything] plus the cost of
shipping the board to me, plus the "cost of business" i.e. overhead. Then
comes the labor cost dweeb.
BTW: some of the older boards [albeit 20 years ago] do cost around $100
wholesale, but anything under 10 years cost quite a bit more. Remember,
these are propietary boards designed only to fit this application on this
appliance. Computer boards tend to be more generic and are sold under
various names. Some motherboards handle a multitude of cpu's, not just one
type.
Don't be a dweeb and spout off about stuff you don't know shit about.
--
Zyp
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