heater guy says replace furnace/AC

Posted by N8N on November 5, 2009, 3:55 pm

On Nov 5, 3:50=A0pm, cl...@snyder.on.ca wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:33:09 -0800 (PST), trad...@optonline.net wrote:

> >> > IMO, You'd have to be nuts to put anyhwere near 50% of the
> >> > replacement cost into a 25 year old gas furnace.
> >> It gets a bit complicated with heating and A/C due to more efficient n=

> >> models, rebates, etc....
> >> Anyway with things other than that, I've seen some businesses have a p=

olicy

> >> of ALWAYS repairing things if the repair cost is less than buying a ne=

w one.

> >> One dollar less to repair, they will choose repair!

> >Which just shows how foolish some business people can be and how much
> >more money they'd be making if they had some sense.

> With the prices of so many "things" dropping,(and the markup, or
> "profit" on the sale shrinking even faster,)it is QUITE possible that
> fixing things will make more money than replacing in the not so very
> distant future - particularly when disposal of the "spent" product is
> factored in. We live in a VERY wasteful society.
> To me, if the choice is fixing something that has worked well for10 or
> more years at a cost of X dollars, and replacing it with something of
> unknown (but suspect) quality for 2X dollars, I sure know where MY
> money is going.

Yes, that often factors into my own decision making process - the
unknown quality of a new product. Unfortunately, anymore, it seems
like a lot of the time they "don't build 'em like they used to" and
rebuilding an older product actually results in a better result than
replacing.

Of course, you never know if that is actually the case until you've
bought the new product and discarded the old...

nate

Posted by JRStern on November 5, 2009, 5:45 pm

On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:33:09 -0800 (PST), trader4@optonline.net wrote:

>In the case of the OP's 25 year old gas furnace, I think most of us
>here would agree it could make sense to put a few hundred dollars in
>repairs to it under certain circumstances. However, I think very
>few would say that it makes sense to put repairs costing anywhere near
>half the cost of a new system into it.

Hi. OP here. Guess what, the thing seems to be working again.
Perhaps we had a sticky thermostat, or fiddling the works broke loose
some dirt on a sensor, or something. Perhaps I didn't know what a
normal cycle looks like. Perhaps the repair guys didn't, either. I'm
pretty sure it looked like it was misbehaving more, with the front
panel off. Then again, perhaps the repair guy did know, and was
yanking my thermostat from the start.

I also Googled Carrier 58SS and see a lot of similar complaints about
similar age units - with no clear answers. May be a variety of things
that fail, at this age.

Anyway, looks like it doesn't have to be replaced *today*, but I'm
better for the education, and will keep the estimates on file.

J.

Posted by Stormin Mormon on November 4, 2009, 1:07 pm

As I remember, the OP is in Los Angeles area. And they want
ten grand to replace it. Well, gee, for half that price I
could fly out, rent a car, and do the repairs. Sounds like
either a bad board, or a flame sensor. Could also visit my
uncle who lives near LA. And some cousins down the coast, to
Santa Cruz, last I knew. Leave the car, fly back to
Rochester.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

Posted by JIMMIE on November 4, 2009, 2:24 pm

On Nov 4, 1:07=A0pm, "Stormin Mormon"

> As I remember, the OP is in Los Angeles area. And they want
> ten grand to replace it. Well, gee, for half that price I
> could fly out, rent a car, and do the repairs. Sounds like
> either a bad board, or a flame sensor. Could also visit my
> uncle who lives near LA. And some cousins down the coast, to
> Santa Cruz, last I knew. Leave the car, fly back to
> Rochester.
> --
> Christopher A. Young
> Learn more about Jesus
> =A0www.lds.org
> .

Got a buddy in Rochester, I know slim chance but do you know Bill F
Gurney.

Jimmie

Posted by Stormin Mormon on November 4, 2009, 6:34 pm

Sadly, no. Be interesting if I did.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

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Got a buddy in Rochester, I know slim chance but do you know
Bill F
Gurney.

Jimmie

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