Trane Heat Pump Parts

What is the “good, better, best” brands of Heating & Air components and wich to stay away from?

I’ve Heard of Trane, Carrier, Heil. but wich is best or does it really matter with the brand on a furnace and a/c unit. I’m getting a lot of quotes that range from $5500 up to $18,000 for a 3 1/2 ton a/c & 100,000 btu gas furnace My home is right at 2,000 sq. ft. and has 14 vents of wich 3 are ran in the attic b/c that part of the house is a addition. One guy wants to tear out all the attic vents and put in new ones and double them from 3 to 6. Some are Hybrid heat pump and they are more expensive but not by more than $800 over the standard but I havn’t had to shop for this type of item before and I don’t know much about it and of course every sales guy that comes out with a different brand claims their’s is the best.

Trane is one of the best manufacturers. I would stay away from Carrier (be careful of names you have not heard before because chances are Carrier owns them.) I could go into great detail about why you should not choose carrier but it would take a lot of time.

I do not have a Manual J in front of me and do not know the volume of your home but from experience, 3 1/2 tons for 2000 sf might be to much. Air units are like cars. Continual start and stop will hurt the unit more than a good steady run. Units installed larger than required start and stop frequently because it does not take them long to cool or heat. The problem with that is the unit does not run long enough to equalize the humidity in the air.

As for costs of unit, there are many options. New law enacted by the help of Global Warming Gore has raised the SEERs level of all HVAC units. The minimum level of SEERs rating is 14 SEERs as opposed to 10-12 Seers. The problem with this is that the copper tubing for the lower rating SEERS will not work with all higher SEERs units. This requires more time and material for insulation. The good thing about the higher SEERs ratings is that they are more energy efficient.

Variable speeds are the most expensive and the most efficient. Unless you plan on living there for more than 7-10 years you may not make back in energy savings that you spent for the unit.

I do believe that in the next 5-10 years people are going to look past the cost of a home and look into the cost to operate a home.

Outdoors with Joey Mines Part 1- His Trane system

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