Hi all:
I have a large cape cod style house in NJ with a second floor dormer and a rather large single story room off the back of the 1st floor. When I moved in about nine years ago I remodeled much of the house and installed an Arco Air two ton unit just for the two large bedrooms and bath on the second floor - keeping the original four ton York unit (it was about five years old at the time) for the 1st floor.
The second floor unit developed a problem with its TVX valve?? after the second year. It took them quite a while to figure out what was up with the unit -- they tried to "blow it out with nitrogen" saying it was clogged -- in any event they had to replaced the valve. They wanted to replace the coil but ICP did not have one! -- it was an early 13 SEER unit. Every year since that fix - the unit has required a charge -- last year it died in less than a month after it was serviced. I was told that it was most likely in the "coil"
This spring, I decided to extend the living room by adding a 15 x 20 room to the house. I figured that with all the work being done I would be stuck with replacing BOTH units. Delays in starting the work made it more practical to try too keep the second floor unit working - The old York unit has never needed anything.
I called the local Bryant dealer who I had install an Evolution zoned system in my mothers house last winter. After some strange sounds and trouble getting the unit to start - The tech said the unit was almost empty and the low cut off was causing some problems - it has worked fine since April !!! The tech said that the fill valve was "shot" and leaking. He did indicate that the pressures were still "a little off"
My question is this?? -- can it be possible that I have been paying to have this unit serviced every year! -- sometimes twice!! and the problem is the very valve that they need to access to do the work!!
I do need to do something with the York unit -- I need four tons of cooling (old brick/block walls) when the temps are in the 90's - but otherwise it is oversized for the house -- and the air flow is not correct for the odd rooms in the house. I do think that the Bryant unit will solve that problem. I thank this site for the help in picking the Bryant.
The fact that the unit is working for this long must indicate that the coil and compressor are not leaking -- Am I correct?? I would rather not have to rip out the Arco Air unit if I do not have to. To make the switch I would need to replace the line set (long) and remove some ceiling -- the unit is in the attic -- and the Bryant is only going to get me 3 more SEER (16)
The cost of the new unit will never pay for itself.
I would think that I could just have the valve replaced and the unit properly refilled with r22 - Am I correct??
At the time the tech worked on the unit (same guy that installed my mothers unit - he was at the house to look over the new install and said he wanted to "see what he could do") -- he could not find the info on the unit for "supercooling" so he used his temp guages and 40 years to fill the unit.
How can I get the info to properly to properly fill this unit?
Thanks for any help
I have a large cape cod style house in NJ with a second floor dormer and a rather large single story room off the back of the 1st floor. When I moved in about nine years ago I remodeled much of the house and installed an Arco Air two ton unit just for the two large bedrooms and bath on the second floor - keeping the original four ton York unit (it was about five years old at the time) for the 1st floor.
The second floor unit developed a problem with its TVX valve?? after the second year. It took them quite a while to figure out what was up with the unit -- they tried to "blow it out with nitrogen" saying it was clogged -- in any event they had to replaced the valve. They wanted to replace the coil but ICP did not have one! -- it was an early 13 SEER unit. Every year since that fix - the unit has required a charge -- last year it died in less than a month after it was serviced. I was told that it was most likely in the "coil"
This spring, I decided to extend the living room by adding a 15 x 20 room to the house. I figured that with all the work being done I would be stuck with replacing BOTH units. Delays in starting the work made it more practical to try too keep the second floor unit working - The old York unit has never needed anything.
I called the local Bryant dealer who I had install an Evolution zoned system in my mothers house last winter. After some strange sounds and trouble getting the unit to start - The tech said the unit was almost empty and the low cut off was causing some problems - it has worked fine since April !!! The tech said that the fill valve was "shot" and leaking. He did indicate that the pressures were still "a little off"
My question is this?? -- can it be possible that I have been paying to have this unit serviced every year! -- sometimes twice!! and the problem is the very valve that they need to access to do the work!!
I do need to do something with the York unit -- I need four tons of cooling (old brick/block walls) when the temps are in the 90's - but otherwise it is oversized for the house -- and the air flow is not correct for the odd rooms in the house. I do think that the Bryant unit will solve that problem. I thank this site for the help in picking the Bryant.
The fact that the unit is working for this long must indicate that the coil and compressor are not leaking -- Am I correct?? I would rather not have to rip out the Arco Air unit if I do not have to. To make the switch I would need to replace the line set (long) and remove some ceiling -- the unit is in the attic -- and the Bryant is only going to get me 3 more SEER (16)
The cost of the new unit will never pay for itself.
I would think that I could just have the valve replaced and the unit properly refilled with r22 - Am I correct??
At the time the tech worked on the unit (same guy that installed my mothers unit - he was at the house to look over the new install and said he wanted to "see what he could do") -- he could not find the info on the unit for "supercooling" so he used his temp guages and 40 years to fill the unit.
How can I get the info to properly to properly fill this unit?
Thanks for any help
