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Posted by on October 6, 2007, 12:33 am
> kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:
> >
> >>jay-n-123@verizon.net wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I don't know the efficency of the old unit, and neither does the person
> >>>I spoke with at Carrier.
> >>>The new unit is 80%.
> >>>The old one was made in 1985.
> >>>
> >>>J
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>I currently have a 20 year old Carrier Gas Forced Air furnace model
> >>>>>number
> >>>>>58GP125-3 It says the INPUT is 125,100 BTU but the output field on
> >
> > the
> >
> >>>>>label is blank.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>An HVAC company wants to replace this with a Carrier model 58STA110.
> >
> > He
> >
> >>>>>says this will result in the same or greater output as my unit. Is
he
> >>>>>correct?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Thanks,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>J.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Probab;y, yes. Do some math...if your old furnace is 80% effcient the
> >>>>output is 100,000 BTU. If the replacement is 90% or better you have
> >>>>99,000+ BTU, close enough for practical purposes. HTH
> >>>>
> >>>>Joe
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>Hi,
> >>Where do you live?
> >
> >
> > Why, you looking for a date?
> > I hear Stormy's available.
> >
> >
> Hmmm,
> I did not ask you. Local climate and energy cost are a factor in
> selecting things like furnace.
No shit, but that has nothing to do with the OP's original question.
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