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Posted by Noon-Air on May 30, 2007, 11:05 am
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>> > I have two central ac units for my house in central NJ. The
>> > downstairs unit as always worked fine, but not the upstairs unit which
>> > is approx a 100,000 btu unit. I decided to start looking in to it and
>> > noticed that the evap coils are not all cold with the upstairs unit.
>> > Maybe 1/2 to 3/4's of them are cold and sweating. The suction line
>> > doesn't sweat on this unit, but always sweats on the downstairs unit
>> > back to the condensor. So, what are the possible reasons so that when
>> > I have somone take a look, I have a bit more understanding/knowledge.
>> > Thanks, Ben
>>
>> Why do you need to understand it unless you're thinking you can fix it
>> yourself. Since you've had the cover off already, I'd say it's a safe
>> bet that you're just wanting a freebie. If you just have to know,
>> there are precisely two possible reasons for what you're seeing:
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>> 1) Undersaturated coil.
>> 2) Nothing wrong at all.
>>
>> There are a ton of specific reasons that #1 can occur, and keep in
>> mind that not all of those indicate a problem with the system itself.
>>
>> Which of those possibilities do you think we should pick right out of
>> our ass for you?
>
> Wow....
> I never imagined what I thought would be a simple quesiton would
> invoke so much
> hostility. You asked:
> 'why do I need to understnd it unless you think you can fix it
> yourself. I'd say
> it's a safe bet that you're just wanting a freebie'
> I wanted to understand because I never thought this system worked
> correctly.
> It never cooled well. Was never able to keep up with cooling on hot
> days and taking a long time in the
> evening, after the sun went down, to bring the room to a comfortable
> temperature.
> So what if I did want what you call a 'freebie' ? Or, what if I just
> wanted to have a better understanding so that
> I wouldn't need to take the word of a disreputable repair person,
> which I have seen plenty of
Maybe thats because you used the lowest bidder instead of looking for a top
quality installation of top quality equipment by a master technician. Its
hard to remember the sweetness of low price when the bitterness of poor
quality remains.
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