5 10 hours difficult installations attic and crawl space installations that are hard to access.
Where to find a c coils in attic unit.
The panel is a pain in the katoosh.
To reset the switch you ll need to climb up into.
Every ac has a seer rating ranging from 13 to 21 that determines how efficient the unit is.
It s about the same as simply replacing the entire part.
The federal minimum seer rating is 14.
The evaporator coil you need to replace is obsolete.
All in all the new air handler is a better deal than buying a new coil and having it installed in your existing unit.
Sometimes you might only have to spend a couple hundred more to replace the entire unit.
Repairing a coil leak costs 250 to 1 600 or more.
The 10 year warranty also extends to all parts of the air handler not just the coil.
In addition to making the unit hard to get to for service high attic heat can trigger the high pressure limit switch turning your condenser off.
Well mainly it s a way to save space.
Most evaporator and condenser coils are made of copper tubing which runs through a series of thin aluminum strips called fins.
I also show how to clean the drain lines that are used for the air condi.
Significant sheet metal furnace and drain line work to fit the new coil.
So why put an hvac system up in the attic at all.
Attic hvac systems save space.
An outdoor unit which houses the fan condenser and compressor and an indoor unit which holds the evaporator and fan.
But if you have an older unit it could have a seer rating that s a lot lower than that.
If you find a leak discuss your options with your hvac.
Ac coil leak repair cost.
The higher the seer the more efficient the unit and the coil.
3 4 hours most common indoor system with basic refitting of plenum sheet metal work etc.
The condenser coil found in the outdoor unit releases that captured heat outside.
A new coil by contrast only comes with a really short warranty usually just one year.
Most updated central air conditioned homes have a new air conditioner split system meaning the ac is broken up into parts.
While there are other coil designs and compositions such as all aluminum coils or spine fin coils that look kind of like a large.
Easy access to unit and the old coil and new coil are exact same size.
Many times the evaporator is in a hot attic and the panel has several screws and it s hard to find the last screw holding it on and the panel never goes back on as easily as it came off and.