Goodman unit with heat exchanger issues 1997

Posted by Noon-Air on October 24, 2008, 10:23 pm

> On 22 Oct 2008 18:29:08 GMT, jenleigh526_at_gmail_dot_com@foo.com
> (jenleigh526) wrote:

>>Hi:
>>Turned on heat Sunday for first time this year, heat made a noise and shut
>>off. Had a service tech out to look at yesterday, shows me large hole in
>>heat exchanger and cracks in other part of heat exchanger. Unit is
>>Goodman, 11 years old. Should I replace or repair? First estimate to
>>repair was $1400, replace for $5300 with comparable Goodman. I live in
>>Middle Tennessee, 3 ton unit, any estimate of what I can expect to pay?

> Last weekend I installed a 75k 90% Arco Aire furnace with a 13 seer
> 2.5 ton ac for $3800. I made $1400 on it but it only took 6 hours.
> Not bad for a side job. :)

I can't help it if you didn't charge enough. I'm glad your up there and not
down here... I'm having enough trouble trying to make ends meet without
another side job hack running around installing systems for beer money.

Posted by Don Ocean on October 25, 2008, 12:15 am

Noon-Air wrote:

>> On 22 Oct 2008 18:29:08 GMT, jenleigh526_at_gmail_dot_com@foo.com
>> (jenleigh526) wrote:

>>> Hi:
>>> Turned on heat Sunday for first time this year, heat made a noise and
>>> shut
>>> off. Had a service tech out to look at yesterday, shows me large hole in
>>> heat exchanger and cracks in other part of heat exchanger. Unit is
>>> Goodman, 11 years old. Should I replace or repair? First estimate to
>>> repair was $1400, replace for $5300 with comparable Goodman. I live in
>>> Middle Tennessee, 3 ton unit, any estimate of what I can expect to pay?

>> Last weekend I installed a 75k 90% Arco Aire furnace with a 13 seer
>> 2.5 ton ac for $3800. I made $1400 on it but it only took 6 hours.
>> Not bad for a side job. :)

>
> I can't help it if you didn't charge enough. I'm glad your up there and
> not down here... I'm having enough trouble trying to make ends meet
> without another side job hack running around installing systems for beer
> money.

Relax... I doubt that Mike is really stupid enough to do a stunt like
that. After all he is a Union clone.

Posted by Christopher Chance Knight on November 10, 2008, 11:15 pm

From a safety stand point you should go ahead and replace the heat
exchanger, if it has devloped problems after 11 years that tells me there
may be too much flue acid forming from a miscalculation if primary air,
combustion air and excess air. you might want to have your service tech
check those things out.

> Hi:
> Turned on heat Sunday for first time this year, heat made a noise and shut
> off. Had a service tech out to look at yesterday, shows me large hole in
> heat exchanger and cracks in other part of heat exchanger. Unit is
> Goodman, 11 years old. Should I replace or repair? First estimate to
> repair was $1400, replace for $5300 with comparable Goodman. I live in
> Middle Tennessee, 3 ton unit, any estimate of what I can expect to pay?
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