acoolone's Blog

 This is the time of year when A/C companies love to rip your head off and **** down you’re neck. Nothing can be fixed only replaced. Most of these people coming to your home are not true a/c technician; they are salesman who has been hired by the a/c companies to sell you a new unit.

 If you go to or call Home Depot all you are going to get is a company that has an agreement with Home Depot to sell a/c. For instance if you live in Plano a few stories up there use Total Air & Heat. Total Air & Heat have been ripping people off in Plano for years. Their main goal is t sell you the most expensive air conditioner they can even if you need it or not. That system will run over $20,000, they claim it will save you thousands of dollars on your elect bill, all BS.

 The salesman at these companies make anywhere from 10 to 15% on these sales. Most of them have very little knowledge about a/c and even if they do their objective is to sell not service.

 Don’t be fooled by these sells people, most a/c units don’t have to be completely replaced. Don’t buy into their spill about how a new unit will save you thousands of dollars and how you’re going to save the environment. It’s all just sales talk.

 Most a/c units have two things that go wrong with them, the outside unit called the condenser/compressor could go out, most of the time it is just the pump or motor. You can replace these two for around $500 a piece or buy a new condenser from $1500, to $3,000. Don’t be fooled by brand names most work just as good as the other. The other problem this time of year is your evaporator coil. The evaporator coil can be replaced from $900 to $2500.

 Replacing a whole a/c unit is only really needed about 5% of the time if that. Always get 3 to 5 people to come out, yes it is that bad in the a/c business, it will take that many for you to get the real truth about what is really wrong with you’re a/c unit. Number one rule, forget the top brand names unless you just have money to burn or you’re planning to spend 10 years in that home. Forget Carrier, Trane, Lennox, they are very expensive, you can get the same and sometimes more reliability service from other brands such as Kenmore, Whirlpool and LG, another good unit is Friedrich.

 /www.learnaboutairconditioning.com/air-conditioner-rev
iews.html   this is a good website that tells you about a/c units.