 pnjunctionTeksavvy ExtremePremium
join:2008-01-24
Toronto, ON
kudos:1 | [Rant] Broken AC barely a year old I just wanted to vent for a bit about how ridiculous it is that the AC just stopped working in my condo building that is barely a year old.
Gee builders are you sure you couldn't have gone any cheaper on that piece of shit? It made it lasted this long but it really only needed to last until the ink dried on the closing 13 months ago. Glad I'm only renting and not the one that bought into this junk. Still I'm going to be sleeping in a puddle of sweat tonight as it is 80F/27C in here.
As an aside there is no timer on the bottom of the barrel thermostat on the wall, which means if I want to save electricity I have to remember to turn it down before leaving for work in the morning and then wait for the place to cool down again when I get home. |
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
join:2006-09-05
Kelowna, BC
kudos:2 | That's all Canadian builders are required to do by law: 1 year. After that, they're home free, unless they guarantee more of a warranty.
Welcome to quality workmanship. [/sarcasm]
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bt06437
join:2001-12-03
Carrollton, TX | reply to pnjunction
Sometimes poor quality installation can be at cause. Like a small refrigerant leak over time results in "no cool".
If is was a leak, have them fix the leak. Otherwise you won't get optimum cooling, for long, and it will fail again.
Sometimes in hot weather, parts made in Mexico or China crap out too quickly. Like the motor start capacitor for the compressor motor. |
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 banditws6Shrinking Time and DistancePremium
join:2001-08-18
Frisco, TX
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Our A/C condenser fan motor failed a couple of weeks ago. It was 90 degrees in the house overnight. That's a lake of sweat. But, at least the motor lived six years.
My parents still have the Carrier system they bought in 1982 and it is running fine without ever having been serviced once. The factory must have thrown holy water on it.
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I have 2 Trane systems, almost 4 years old.
The lower floor unit has logged ~6500hrs of operation in 2.5 years of monitoring. That projects the total to ~10,000hrs of operation so far. That's over 1 year total of actively "compressing". Some 14,000 start cycles in the 2.5 years of logging. |
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"parts made in Mexico or China crap out too quickly."
You get what you pay for.... |
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | Often these days you pay premium First World prices but actually get shoddy Third World quality.
... so no, you don't get what you pay for, often!
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A/C repair guy told me his company was getting a lot of work from a nearby development where the original installers didn't evacuate any of the systems.
Just an example on how your problems may be due to improper installation instead of poor quality equipment. |
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pnjunctionTeksavvy ExtremePremium
join:2008-01-24
Toronto, ON
kudos:1 | Well the good news is that whatever it was they got it fixed today. Man do I ever get cranky in a stuffy apartment. |
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
join:2006-09-05
Kelowna, BC
kudos:2 | I thought that was your normal disposition...  |
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TheMGPremium
join:2007-09-04
Canada
kudos:1 | reply to banditws6
Re: [Rant] Broken AC barely a year old said by banditws6:But, at least the motor lived six years.
Which is still nothing impressive at all.
At the office we have a nearly 40 year old A/C unit that still has the original fan motor and compressor. Definitely not the most efficient A/C unit but it still works great and keeps pumping out ice cold air.
Mind you, the A/C gets a lot less use than it would down south, but that's still 40 years exposed to the elements nonetheless.
It is not one of those "permanently (not) lubricated" motors though. We do put a shot of oil in the bearings every year. That's probably why it has lasted so long.
They sure don't build them like they used to. |
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said by banditws6:Our A/C condenser fan motor failed a couple of weeks ago. It was 90 degrees in the house overnight. That's a lake of sweat. But, at least the motor lived six years.
My parents still have the Carrier system they bought in 1982 and it is running fine without ever having been serviced once. The factory must have thrown holy water on it.
They've had better luck with their carrier than I did with mine. Mine's only 7 years old and the compressor took a shit. It was 92 in the house today. That's an ocean of sweat.. |
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My $159 air conditioner is still going strong and ice cold after 9 years, bought it in 2003, some weird Korean model that starts with a "W" I think.
You condo owners are the biggest suckers in the city on several fronts. |
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Contractor grade compressors. Bah! |
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 gar187erI do this for a living
join:2006-06-24
Dover, DE
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said by pnjunction:As an aside there is no timer on the bottom of the barrel thermostat on the wall, which means if I want to save electricity I have to remember to turn it down before leaving for work in the morning and then wait for the place to cool down again when I get home.
wow, thats difficult....i often wonder how ive been able to do that everyday for the past 5 years...
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pnjunctionTeksavvy ExtremePremium
join:2008-01-24
Toronto, ON
kudos:1 | Well I don't know who you've been doing either but even my old window unit had a timer so I could save electricity and come home to a cool apartment |
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| said by pnjunction:Well I don't know who you've been doing either but even my old window unit had a timer so I could save electricity and come home to a cool apartment
Lovely feature eh? Mine also has it in reverse, you can time it to shut itself off anytime you want. |
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raster44
join:2003-09-07
Niagara Falls, NY | reply to pnjunction
Original thermostat you actually had to set the heat or cool cycle on the dial and unit lasted 25 years. When I got a new central air unit 15 years ago it came with a programmable thermostat that has six times of the day where you set the temperature desired, days of the week and separate for weekends. Both for heating and cooling. I had the wires corrode off when I covered the unit in the Winter after only 5 years. I had to pay for the sending unit but labor and call covered. The different repairman told me to leave it uncovered but just place a piece of plywood held down by a cinder block over unit to guard against ice falling on unit. No problem since. Furnace had to be replaced last year as the heat exchanger had crack...Dumb cheap Goodman unit. Goodman installer gave me a great price to replace it with a Trane unit with stainless heat exchanger instead of the Goodman aluminum one. Heating cost went down by over half. Even cooling costs are running cheaper. Must be the new fan is more efficient. |
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 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | reply to pnjunction
Shoulda got a trane |
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