Not all HVAC shops are going to charge you that kind of $$$$ You just happened to call the one who did. Why did you go with R-22? The stuff is being phased out, the cheapest 30 lb jug around here is $330 + tax. Just be aware on the ebay Goodman equipment, I put in two furnace & ac combos for my friends dad and his neighbor, One of the furnaces needed to have the inducer assembly replaced on a home sale transaction. The local Goodman dealer wouldn't honor the parts warranty because they bought it on the internet. We had to buy the parts.





thanks, Mark

In my case it wasn't! I already had the "coil cabinet" in the furnace, the power/disconnect was already at the mount point for the A/C compressor.....



All the HVAC "Professional" had to do was set the compressor (on my existing "pad") , run the line-set (about 35ft of copper tubing) in a VERY easily accessible semi-crawl space , plummer-tape it up and silver solder it all in and suck it down (with a vacuum pump) !! AND run the control wiring along with the tubing.



The Compressor was pre-charged for about 18' of tubing already, so it needed maybe a lb or more of R-22 to "top" it off. (although it works as is)



It took me most of the day to get all the tubing in place and make a little 3x3 pad of concrete. But I was doing a lot of visiting with the neighbors too!



I am figuring that someone that does it for a living would have taken half as long as I took and it took me all day. But lessee......... Less than $2000.....vs.....$7000. It was a pretty easy choice for me.........



AND I already had a vacuum pump! and an oxy-acetylene torch, and I scrounged a couple sticks of silver solder!




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Is adding a new system to a ducted heat house difficult? It sure is cheaper to DIY. Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

I became one after I got a $7000 quote to install an $1800 5T on my house! It was a one day job, so I guess 8hrs of work is lessee........7000-1800=$5200.......



for 8hrs ........... ONLY $650 per HOUR!!!!!!!!!!



MAN! I am in the WRONG BUSINESS!!!!!!!!!!





My system recently died too. It was the dual section start/run capacitor on both the compressor and fan motor.



They're cheap to replace too (unless you pay someone to do it)



Starting capacitors are common on well-pump motors or any high torque AC motor.



When they fail, the motor will hum and usually blow the breaker quickly.



I bought my replacement capacitor from a supplier on EBAY for $20 or so...... new exact replacement





I also bought my complete (brand new Goodman scroll-type) 5T R-22 system from ebay for $1600 shipped to my door!!



..... and several months ago, I bought a new sealed 30lb keg of R-22 on Craigs list for $120!!!



WOOHOO!!





Cheers,





Rick








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I do both, hvac and a licensed plumber, mostly service. I agree with the comments on a clean system, you can sneak by with a dirty filter during heating season as the high limits take over. But few cooling systems have freeze stats, the dirty filter will cause it to freeze up.





thanks, Mark

Didn't know there were any HVAC guys on here but I knew there was a plumber!

Keep your condenser clean also, I had an old refrigerator and when it got dusty it wouldn't cool, clean the condenser and dust out of it yearly and it would work like new again.

Dust prvents cooling, I worked maintenance in a power plant for steam turbines and the ID fan bearings would get dusty and then the temp would climb up to near 200 degrees, wipe the dust off with a damp rag  every couple weeks and the temp would drop 20 degrees, amazing how that dust would insulate the heat.

55 Vicky & customline

58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100

59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?

Why all this talk about HVAC on here? You planning on installing Air Conditioning on your car? This picture should give you some ideas on how to mount it and supply power to run it.






"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

I used to carry some diazinon crystals or some kind of insect repellent , when I would find the tiny bugs in the contactor on service calls, I'd leave some in the control box. Get familiar with the drain line and fittings coming from the evaporator coil, flush these out every season, save yourself some trouble.





thanks, Mark

Charlie, Glad you found the " BUG " in your system.

For anyone else with an A/C home system problem a more common failure is a start capasitor. Mine was a 330 volt 145-174 MFD capacitor that failed. This gives the voltage kick to start the AC fan motor running and once it is running , then the compressor will start. A $ 20 dollar part from Grainger. Read about it on google and watch some Youtube videos AND MAKE SURE TO DISCHARGE the old capasitor before touching it. Pete

So you really needed an Entomologist, not a HVAC mechanic?

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart)