Charlie:
Tom in Baytown, He said it looks like I’m going to have to replace my AC coil. It’s leaking freon and I’m looking about a thousand to $1,500 to get that done. Should I consider just putting in a new system? My current one is about 15 years old? I mean a new one will be more efficient.
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Tom:
If it’s an R-410, I would say go ahead and do the coil. If it’s an R-22, because it is starting to go up in price now for the … Now it’s actually starting to go up a little bit so you’ve got to be careful but it could be a point where you would like to replace it and it has a lot to do with the condition of the rest of it also. So I would have one or two opinions; people come out and see what’s going on.
Charlie:
So if it’s an R-410 you would just replace the coil.
Tom:
I would consider replacing the coil and get another 10 years out of it.
Charlie:
If it’s an R-22?
Tom:
Then I would probably start thinking about a replacement unit.