What should it cost to repair a R22 refrigerant leak on a 1.5 ton unit in Apopka, FL? My 1.5 Ton R22 HVAC unit compressor is not running, and a tech said there was no refrigerant. He is trying to sell me on a new unit rather than the repair. The unit is 8 years old and has been used very little (it's a second unit for a spare room that is usually unoccupied - so the unit is usually off. Angie's List>Areas of Service If the leak is in the indoor coil, the cost of the coil and replacing it,can be well over half the cost of the system if the coil is not covered by a ten year parts warranty. So often better to replace.The compressor could have been damaged due to no refrigerant , that needs to be checked, but involves evacuating and recharging the system , expensive just for a test, and refrigerant will need to be recovered or it may be lost waiting on the coil, or repair of the leak where ever it is.If the system has a valid 10 ten parts warranty, it may be worth the repair, if not I'd replace the system.

matched systems, indoor and outdoor units are required by Florida code.Did they say where to leak is? In the Home > HVAC link under your question, you can find a number of discussions of the R-22 (Freon) issue - that it is being phased out, so just a refill can cost several hundreds $, and more every year in the future as it is phased out. how to fix a carrier ac unitWith an 8 year oldl unit, you are likely well past half its life and probably more like 2/3-3/4 of the way through, so replacemennt to avoid putting good money after bad is not out of the quedstion.noisy ac window unitTherefore, you are in a catch 22 - it could easily cost $300-500 to refill your system only to out your unit is fried - and if the compressor went out due to a freon loss (which also contains lubricant for the compressor) then that could be $ down the tube even if warrantied, because warranties commonly do not cover compressor failure due to coolant leakage unless the leak occurs in the warrantied compressor or exchanger itself - leaks in lines are generally not central ac unit cleaning

If it failed due to an exchanger leak tht cannot be fixed, then you would have to replace exchanger AND compressor - the bulk of the system, so at that point you could be out 2/3 or more of the cost of a new system to repair a system that is going to cost a fortune for gas recharging down the line.However, buying a new air conditioner is obviously a major expense too.My suggestion - look into what it would cost for a portable or easily removable window unit, or to put in a scavenger fan with thermostatic switch to pull conditioned air from another air conditioned space to the seldom used bedroom to give it cool air when wanted, at a fraction of the cost of a new and seldom used air conditioner. That would put a bit more load on the other unit, but in extreme hot weather perhaps you could compromise on house temperature a bit, if necessary to keep it from cycling too frequently. My 1.5 ton AC unit is 3 years old. The same tech who installed it just charged me for 4 pounds of r22 to recharge

How much should it cost to replace the indoor a/c unit? can you put a R22 compressor in a unit that had a R410A in it and put R22 back in the unit I have an old a/c unit that uses R22 , can I replace it with a unit that uses the new refrigerant or do I have to change other components? how much for a new five ton a/c unitCost to Install a Heat PumpUpdated: June 2016 Heat Pump Installation Cost CalculatorZip Code Pumps Heat Pump Labor - Basic Heat Pump Materials and Supplies Heat Pump Equipment Allowance Totals - Cost to Install Heat Pump - Average Cost Per Pump Get an INSTANT, detailed estimate of the cost to Install a Heat Pump! Our free calculator uses up-to-date, trusted data to estimate typical subcontractor costs for a Heat Pump Installation project. For a basic 1 pump project in zip code 47474, the benchmark cost to Install a Heat Pump ranges between $4,436.82 - $5,560.80 per pump. Cost to Install a Heat Pump - Notes and General Information

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I checked that in my region, I have 7 hours of sun each day. So to generate 30kWh/day, I will need something like 5kWh/hour = 5000 Watts. Are these calculations right? Going further, I'm able to generate now (i have 4 * 250 watts solar panels) 1kW, but I generate it 7 days per week, and I use the air conditioners, maybe 2 times/week. Thinking in this scenario, I don't have to be so concerned about how much energy can I generate hourly/daily, but weekly right? Another important point here is the batteries where I will store the generated energy right? Any suggestion which kind of batteries set should I use? Actually your AC is much more efficient than that because it is a heat pump, not a direct conversion of electrical watts in to BTU of heat moved per hour. If you know your SEER rating, you can just divide the BTU/h by SEER to get Watts. An SEER of 10 is very common so that would mean each AC needs 800 W to move 8000 BTU per hour. BTW, it's good to keep your units straight between energy and power (which is the rate that energy is being used).