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Posted by HeyBub on June 28, 2008, 3:57 pm
JayN wrote:
> I had my Central A/C tuned up at the beginning of June. It has been
> working nicely, I still am getting cooling. My unit is a 4 ton
> Carrier system. It is an older system that uses R22.
>
> Today, I happened to take a peak through the top of the condenser
> unit, and noticed that there is a crack in the metal case of light
> grey colored cylindrical part.
>
> Here are links to 2 photos:
>
> http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeofpch/cracked_ac.jpg
>
> and
>
> http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeofpch/cracked_ac2.jpg
>
> What part is this? Does the crack in the metal case mean failure will
> soon happen...if so how soon? What is the brown stuff I see on the
> side of this part below the crack...is this oil? Do I have a freon
> leak?
>
> Nobody mentioned this during my tune-up. From the looks of it, it's
> hard to believe the crack didn't exist at the beginning of the month
> at all, and they didn't need to add any freon because pressure was
> fine, and I'm still getting adequate cooling as far as I can tell.
>
> Does anything need to be done?
>
In future, PLEASE don't cross-post to alt.hvac AND home-repair.
The comments from the hvac people bleed over and are downright shocking to
the sensibilities of us here on home.repair. When I see some of the vicious
and profanity-laden missives, I get an attack of the vapors and the wife has
to have a lie-down. The attitude on hvac seems to be epitomized by the
Dilbert cartoon:
Panel #1
Dilbert: "I think it's the carburetor."
Panel #2
Mechanic: "You think it's WHAT?"
Panel #3
Dilbert: "I think it's the &#*^@! carburetor."
Mechanic: "Well, why didn't you say so!"
Thank you for your consideration.
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