Charlie:
Nick here in Seabrook is chomping at the bit with his question. He says his AC stopped working today. The fan still runs, but only produces hot air or at least that’s what he feels coming into the unit.
Tom:
Yeah, it’s just blowing the hot air around.
Charlie:
“So I had a local company come to our residence today. They told me that I needed a new unit, coil, and condenser and recommended larger copper piping. I understand my old 1998 5-ton unit is aging and old, but I just don’t want to be taken advantage of.” Tom, what advice do you have for Nick?
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Tom:
I can’t really help him much. I’ll tell you why, because I don’t know what’s wrong with his unit. If it just blew a capacitor or if his limit switch-
Charlie:
It’s 1998.
Tom:
Mines ’97 and mine’s going strong, dude, so don’t tell me that that’s okay.
Charlie:
Do you think Nick has maintained his as well as you’ve maintained yours?
Tom:
I don’t know, but-
Charlie:
You don’t know?
Tom:
If he would have told me that my capacitor was bad, I’d say pop a capacitor in there and then you’ll be okay.
Charlie:
You can help him by telling him to get a second opinion.
Tom:
At least write back in and tell me the specifics of what’s going on. The fact that after so many years, can he put a new unit in? Of course. I’m going to answer the one question he gave me, but I still question why he needs a new one. I’d like to know, but I can’t right now, but the new high efficient systems do require some of them a larger refrigerant line. They go up to 5/8, even some bigger. It very well could be that if he puts a new system in, he will need a new set of lines that are bigger, but I’d still like to know what’s wrong with his existing one first.
Charlie:
Maybe Absolute Comfort Air. Give them a call.
Tom:
Absolutely.
Charlie:
Get a second opinion.
Tom:
That’s why we call them Absolute, because I say absolutely.