I need HOME AC unit help !!

[SYKO]

no the coil is rotting...replacing the pan wont help if I have to replace the coil soon after plus everything has to be cut and redone just to replace the pan. I have no idea the line size.

[DeePa]

assscrasher to the rescue!!!!

[Erics350x]

I was real busy all day yesterday so i'll get that coil price today. Can you measure the line size with a tape or open end standard wrenches so i have a round about idea?

[SYKO]

exactly what line am I measuring? the big line going into the evap? or the coil lines on the side of the evap?

[Erics350x]

There should be two lines going to the evap one small and one large. You may have to pull the black insulation back on the big on to measure it

[SYKO]

big line is 1 inch wide and the little is like 5/16 or 3/8? something like that

[The Goat]

I would think you could do the metal work and wiring easy, you can sauter, wire, and shape the sheet metal

[SYKO]

yea well I cant evacuate and recharge the system, I would rather let someone who does this for a living do it... I could also do open heart sugery but im unsure of the outcome, but I know I could do it..

[Erics350x]

My cost is $388 for a new updated coil or about $750 for a new air handler with 20kw heat strips

[SYKO]

tell me what both are, im lost on the air handler, thats got the fan and heating unit?

[Dirtcrasher]

tell me what both are, im lost on the air handler, thats got the fan and heating unit?

The air handler is the part in your home with the blower motor and heat strip. You guys down south must just have electric heat because you never get the bone chilling cold we do.....

The outside piece is the condensor that consists of a compressor and a condensor fan that draws air across the coil of copper or aluminum and cools the high temperature refrigerent gases to a high temperature liquid and gets it ready to enter the evaporator and metering device

[SYKO]

COOL thanx DC, im not into home AC so im alittle lost at a few terms of what things are.. but I got the jist of it. I think I may just go with the updated coil instead of the whole shibang... this house cools so well even if I turn it down to 70 in the summer the ac only kicks on a few times a day.

[200x Basket]

so $400 plus the cost of the install to get the old (outdated) unit going or $750 plus install for a new (cheaper to run) unit?

[tapper190]

I can get an a-coil for about $200 for a 2 ton coil. Here I thought that the U.S. was always cheeper. Sorry skyolincoln, I think the shipping would put it over the top! ( I'm a sheetmetal worker as well, just industrial and commercial, not residential) Reading this thread, I felt like I was back in trade school
Tapper (for tintapper )

[Erics350x]

I can get an a-coil for about $200 for a 2 ton coil. Here I thought that the U.S. was always cheeper. Sorry skyolincoln, I think the shipping would put it over the top! ( I'm a sheetmetal worker as well, just industrial and commercial, not residential) Reading this thread, I felt like I was back in trade school
Tapper (for tintapper )

i can get a 2 ton for about $150 but he needs a 4 ton that will fit in his case.