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Hubert (Ga)engine7 
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Posted: 14 May 2018 at 7:52pm |
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Got home from the farm Saturday and turned on the upstairs air conditioner and in a few hours the evaporator coil was a solid sheet of ice so I had to shut it down. And the last few days have set a heat record for this time of year. I have used up all of my R22 and don't want to spend the $$$ to buy a new drum of it so I have got in a call to the heat and air company. This is a 20+ year old heat pump and I have had to recharge it about every other year so I am thinking about biting the bullet and getting a new unit. I can get a $400 rebate from the electric company for a high efficiency unit. Think I should try to get a few more years out of this one or replace it? Thanks in advance.
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Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God.
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DMiller
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Posted: 14 May 2018 at 7:59pm |
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If you have the area for it go ground source, you will NOT egret it.
Our home is 1800sf main level, about 2/3 that finished lower, heat and cool it with a 7 ton GS Heat Pump. No wells just three five hundred foot laterals 6' under grade.
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LouSWPA
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Posted: 14 May 2018 at 8:18pm |
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Herb, your evaporator probably is leaking. time to replace my friend
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I am still confident of this;
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27
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LouSWPA
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Posted: 14 May 2018 at 8:18pm |
 LouSWPA wrote:
Herb, your evaporator probably is leaking. time to replace my friend |
or expansion valve
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I am still confident of this;
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27
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Hubert (Ga)engine7
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Posted: 14 May 2018 at 8:52pm |
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I am thinking it is a very small leak in the evaporator.
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shameless dude
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Posted: 14 May 2018 at 9:07pm |
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gits down there and sniff around it!
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Ted J
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Posted: 14 May 2018 at 9:36pm |
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Yep, Lou got it, get a new one. They have a sealer, but that usually does more damage than the cure.
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