Quote Originally Posted by MidMsAngler View Post
So, if I understand correctly. Eventually we all will have to replace the older units using refrigerant? Maybe sooner rather than later. I have been nursing this one along replacing fan motors and capacitors and it is about 12-15 years old. Maybe I should just replace.


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Not as long as you don't have a leak. Pull that top cover with electricity disconnected, take a hose and wash out the cooling coils a couple of times a year. Keeps head pressure down and makes life easier on compressor. As much as anything when it gets to a Serbian point you will need to replace heater side because of rust out or burn out making them dangerous to run. The Government came out with new mandates a couple of years ago upping the sear ratings on A/C units and on some refrigeration units. Thus the need for a new more efficient environmentally friendly refrigerant. Like G said these new refrigerants work under a lot higher pressure than say 22. So then they tax the stew out of those products to force them off the market and force you to buy newer more efficient units. Like G said also, they are really efficient and will really cut your operating cost and go a long way toward paying for them selfs in not to long a time unlike years past where ROI took forever.