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Posted by Injun Ear on December 24, 2008, 2:05 pm
Stormin Mormon wrote:
> I'd start by asking your friends and neighbors what they use. I have a
> Luxaire (by York) furnace in my trailer. My boss used to install almost
> exclusively Rheem Contour furnaces, he liked the complicated thermostat that
> communicates with the furnace. The couple times I've worked on Goodman
> equipment (formerly called Janitrol) it's been reasonable equipment. Given
> these three quotes, and no other information, I'd take the Goodman install.
> Less proprietary parts, and easier to work on.
>
Go with the Rheem. They have the Copeland Scroll compressor. I had one
put in 3 years ago and the only problem I ever had with it was a
capacitor.

Posted by geothermaljones on December 24, 2008, 2:48 pm
A capacitor going out in the first 3 years makes it a good product???
I've got an old Trane that's never required more than the monthly filter.
You need to re-evaluate your standards...

geothermaljones


> Stormin Mormon wrote:
>> I'd start by asking your friends and neighbors what they use. I have a
>> Luxaire (by York) furnace in my trailer. My boss used to install almost
>> exclusively Rheem Contour furnaces, he liked the complicated thermostat
>> that communicates with the furnace. The couple times I've worked on
>> Goodman equipment (formerly called Janitrol) it's been reasonable
>> equipment. Given these three quotes, and no other information, I'd take
>> the Goodman install. Less proprietary parts, and easier to work on.
> Go with the Rheem. They have the Copeland Scroll compressor. I had one
> put in 3 years ago and the only problem I ever had with it was a
> capacitor.



Posted by Zyp on December 24, 2008, 6:23 pm
geothermaljones wrote:
> A capacitor going out in the first 3 years makes it a good product???
> I've got an old Trane that's never required more than the monthly
> filter. You need to re-evaluate your standards...
> geothermaljones
>> Stormin Mormon wrote:
>>> I'd start by asking your friends and neighbors what they use. I
>>> have a Luxaire (by York) furnace in my trailer. My boss used to
>>> install almost exclusively Rheem Contour furnaces, he liked the
>>> complicated thermostat that communicates with the furnace. The
>>> couple times I've worked on Goodman equipment (formerly called
>>> Janitrol) it's been reasonable equipment. Given these three quotes,
>>> and no other information, I'd take the Goodman install. Less
>>> proprietary parts, and easier to work on.
>> Go with the Rheem. They have the Copeland Scroll compressor. I had
>> one put in 3 years ago and the only problem I ever had with it was a
>> capacitor.

The last Trane I saw caught fire. It's not that hard to stop a Trane. We
didn't put 'er in, but we did replace it.

--
Zyp



Posted by Don Ocean on December 25, 2008, 12:44 am
Zyp wrote:
> geothermaljones wrote:
>> A capacitor going out in the first 3 years makes it a good product???
>> I've got an old Trane that's never required more than the monthly
>> filter. You need to re-evaluate your standards...
>> geothermaljones
>>> Stormin Mormon wrote:
>>>> I'd start by asking your friends and neighbors what they use. I
>>>> have a Luxaire (by York) furnace in my trailer. My boss used to
>>>> install almost exclusively Rheem Contour furnaces, he liked the
>>>> complicated thermostat that communicates with the furnace. The
>>>> couple times I've worked on Goodman equipment (formerly called
>>>> Janitrol) it's been reasonable equipment. Given these three quotes,
>>>> and no other information, I'd take the Goodman install. Less
>>>> proprietary parts, and easier to work on.
>>> Go with the Rheem. They have the Copeland Scroll compressor. I had
>>> one put in 3 years ago and the only problem I ever had with it was a
>>> capacitor.
>
> The last Trane I saw caught fire. It's not that hard to stop a Trane. We
> didn't put 'er in, but we did replace it.

Gotta love those plastic oilfilled Molotov cocktails they call a capacitor.
>

Posted by Don Ocean on December 25, 2008, 12:42 am
geothermaljones wrote:
> A capacitor going out in the first 3 years makes it a good product???
> I've got an old Trane that's never required more than the monthly filter.
> You need to re-evaluate your standards...
>
> geothermaljones

Agreed!
>
>
>> Stormin Mormon wrote:
>>> I'd start by asking your friends and neighbors what they use. I have a
>>> Luxaire (by York) furnace in my trailer. My boss used to install almost
>>> exclusively Rheem Contour furnaces, he liked the complicated thermostat
>>> that communicates with the furnace. The couple times I've worked on
>>> Goodman equipment (formerly called Janitrol) it's been reasonable
>>> equipment. Given these three quotes, and no other information, I'd take
>>> the Goodman install. Less proprietary parts, and easier to work on.
>> Go with the Rheem. They have the Copeland Scroll compressor. I had one
>> put in 3 years ago and the only problem I ever had with it was a
>> capacitor.
>
>

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