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Replacing Freon in AC user 08-24-2005
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Posted by user on August 24, 2005, 12:36 pm


Hi Home Repair Gurus..

Is it normal for an brand new AC unit (installed in a newly built home)
to require replacing about half the freeon (say about 2 pounds worth)
after about 6 years..

My AC recently stopped blowing cool air (even though the fan is on),
even after replacing the filter, and the AC tech said that there was
some freezing that had occurred due to a lack of freeon, and that it had
to be replaced..

Thanks



Posted by RP on August 24, 2005, 11:45 am




user wrote:
> Hi Home Repair Gurus..
>
> Is it normal for an brand new AC unit (installed in a newly built home)
> to require replacing about half the freeon (say about 2 pounds worth)
> after about 6 years..
>
> My AC recently stopped blowing cool air (even though the fan is on),
> even after replacing the filter, and the AC tech said that there was
> some freezing that had occurred due to a lack of freeon, and that it had
> to be replaced..
>
> Thanks

No, it isn't normal. It has a leak. If a leak search wasn't suggested by
the tech, then call someone else out to run one, obviously the guy that
juiced it simply didn't want to do a leak search, and would probably not
do it right even if you called back and insisted.

hvacrmedic




Posted by user on August 24, 2005, 1:05 pm


Thanks..

Well, he did suggest that it might be a leak, but he first suggested
that we should wait for it to blow cool air, and then if it doesn't,
then call him out again for a leak search..

Is there any way to tell that the leak is coming from the machinery in
the attic above, or from the actual unit outside, (where the fan is)

Thanks



RP wrote:

>
>
> user wrote:
>
>> Hi Home Repair Gurus..
>>
>> Is it normal for an brand new AC unit (installed in a newly built
>> home) to require replacing about half the freeon (say about 2 pounds
>> worth) after about 6 years..
>>
>> My AC recently stopped blowing cool air (even though the fan is on),
>> even after replacing the filter, and the AC tech said that there was
>> some freezing that had occurred due to a lack of freeon, and that it
>> had to be replaced..
>>
>> Thanks
>
>
> No, it isn't normal. It has a leak. If a leak search wasn't suggested by
> the tech, then call someone else out to run one, obviously the guy that
> juiced it simply didn't want to do a leak search, and would probably not
> do it right even if you called back and insisted.
>
> hvacrmedic
>
>



Posted by ~^Johnny^~ on August 24, 2005, 2:00 pm


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> but he first suggested
>that we should wait for it to blow cool air,


I suggest he is blowing hot air.


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Posted by User Example on August 24, 2005, 7:59 pm


user wrote:
> Thanks..
>
> Well, he did suggest that it might be a leak, but he first suggested
> that we should wait for it to blow cool air, and then if it doesn't,
> then call him out again for a leak search..
>
> Is there any way to tell that the leak is coming from the machinery in
> the attic above, or from the actual unit outside, (where the fan is)
>

They have ways of detecting leaks and there are different ways of doing
it. For what it is worth, my house has 2 A/Cs (upstairs and
downstairs). They both developed leaks in the evaportator coils after
about 10 years. I noticed the problem when the evaporators started
iceing up. The A/C guys found the problem almost instantly so I guess
it is a common thing. It cost about $1200 for each coil replacement. Ouch.


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