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Posted by geothermaljones on November 13, 2007, 6:00 pm
Thanks for serving,
I hope that wasn't your only welcome home gift...
As you can see by most of the gibberish between our posts, there are those
who'd rather fight than switch...
If you going to swap A/C then get a new furnace.
I'd recommend a heat pump unit to really save cost of operation.
If a $760 dollar repair is only gonna get you 7 more years, I'd see that as
a huge "Nickel & Dime"'ing
A Heat pump will cost a bunch more up front but will save you bigtime if you
live in an area that has any amount of heating degree days.
Here in Minnesota a 16 Seer HP with a Variable speed blower has proven a
$500.00+ per year cost savings on 4 houses I've work on.
This is based on Gas @ $1.20 a therm & $.08 Electric. Propane & Fuel oil
savings are even greater.
I'd take a couple more estimates & ask for a decent load calc, as the
equipment you've got may well be oversized, as this was common back in the
day...
I'm a fan of American Std/Trane & will recommend them highly, but your
local, reputable, contractors product line should work if installed
correctly...
goodluck
geothermaljones
p.s. Some folks will replace a burnt out fuse w/ a penny because it's much
cheaper & for the most part works quite well...
> Hello,
>
> Just returned from military deployment and my welcome back gift from
> the wife was "the AC and Heater need to be fixed".
> I have a York furnace and AC, it is 13 years old (contractor grade).
>
> I had two companies come out. They both agreed that the AC should be
> replaced but they differed on the furnace.
> 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, a new one is much more efficient
> and that we would save some in labor having it all done at once.
>
> Any opinions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
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