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When I built this house 24 years ago we installed a 10 seer air source heat pump. It began tripping the breaker this year and the last 3 years was blowing the fuses in the heat pump disconnect.
I decided to see what was wrong and began pulling wires and when I pulled the hot lead off the compressor the heat pump fired up. I then checked the compressor and it was grounded so I would need a new compressor. The compressor installed is about $2000.
I decided to get a new heat pump and found that because of the new regulations regarding refrigerant gasses the coil in my air handler would not be big enough to accommodate a new heat pump. So to change the heat pump I have to change the air handler as well.
I decided to change the system to a better 16 seer matching system. Supposedly, I should save about $500 or more each year in electricity costs with the new system. If that is true then the system would pay for itself in about 25 years.
Since I will never be moving from this house it did make sense to change the system. If I thought I was moving I would have changed the compressor only.
The crew was supposed to be here at 8 am and its now 8:25 am. Maybe they meant they were leaving their facility at 8 am.
Bill
I decided to see what was wrong and began pulling wires and when I pulled the hot lead off the compressor the heat pump fired up. I then checked the compressor and it was grounded so I would need a new compressor. The compressor installed is about $2000.
I decided to get a new heat pump and found that because of the new regulations regarding refrigerant gasses the coil in my air handler would not be big enough to accommodate a new heat pump. So to change the heat pump I have to change the air handler as well.
I decided to change the system to a better 16 seer matching system. Supposedly, I should save about $500 or more each year in electricity costs with the new system. If that is true then the system would pay for itself in about 25 years.
Since I will never be moving from this house it did make sense to change the system. If I thought I was moving I would have changed the compressor only.
The crew was supposed to be here at 8 am and its now 8:25 am. Maybe they meant they were leaving their facility at 8 am.
Bill