Question on home A/C blowong cool not cold

[new57]

Thank you everyone. I appreciate it. Going to look into the unit today after work (but hopefully tomorrow morning!). Unless of course she has other notions. Will report back when there is an update.

 

[8675309]

If it needs refrigerant (freon) and tech adds it, ask if they will do it again if it leaks out. I was told after my second call about 6 months after first call that they were not allowed to continually charge a leaking system.

In old days you could buy 10 lb tanks and throw in a pound or two for five years yourself ongoing, if you had gauges and knew what you were doing. Now it's all locked up and you just can't go out a buy home AC refrigerant w/o credentials.

government keeps track now. had a cheapskate property manager a while back wanted me to top off old
r-22 units with r-421a. i told her i couldnt do that and she said she would find someone else and maybe
she did but not worth it to me

 

[renagadeinjun]

Funny how that never seems to alleviate their angst, isn't it? LOL!!!

Could be low coolant. That happens a lot in older units (in my experience). It might be located and corrected or "topped off" by a tech. Old GF's brother is an A/C man. He keeps her units chugging along (4,000 sq ft house) by adding coolant so she avoids the $15,000 replacement bill.

I keep capacitors at hand for mine in case they become bad. That's not a fix (something caused the capacitor to fail, find it) but can get the unit going again. I figured that out after paying a tech $287 on a Sunday to swap out a $5 capacitor. Ouch.

When my compressor burned up I had to bite the bullet and replace my unit. It was over twenty-five years old anyway so it was about time I guess.

On a sad note; you will never get the same time length with new one ...........

 

[buellbrewer]

Thank you everyone. I appreciate it. Going to look into the unit today after work (but hopefully tomorrow morning!). Unless of course she has other notions. Will report back when there is an update.

of course she'll have other notions... she's a woman.. Now I'm starting to sound like B basstracker89 🤔

 

[palmettomoon]

On a sad note; you will never get the same time length with new one ...........

Yeah, I was told 10-12 years, 15 if I get lucky.

 

[Wile E. Coyote 5.0]

Mine was doing the same thing, we had a small leak. The hvac guy topped off the freon and added some sealant into the system, $240 total. I clean the coils every spring before the weather heats up and change my filter every 60 days

 

[renagadeinjun]

Yeah, I was told 10-12 years, 15 if I get lucky.

4-5 if you are lucky

 

[Spas-12 Owner]

4-5 if you are lucky

If you're only getting 4 to 5 years off your HVAC system, then something is wrong.

You should get 10 plus years if installed correctly and 15 years if maintaining correctly ( changing filter monthly and cleaning outside coils and drain lines yearly.

 

[renagadeinjun]

If you're only getting 4 to 5 years off your HVAC system, then something is wrong.

You should get 10 plus years if installed correctly and 15 years if maintaining correctly ( changing filter monthly and cleaning outside coils and drain lines yearly.

Have two hvac mechanic's in family thats what they have told me, I had a Majic Chef furnace that was put in my house in 1982 in 2022 they found 'flameout' replaced furnace, but we are still running on original ac system.
I don't sell or install them I just abuse-them gently...........

 

[GeauxLSU]

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