Todd H. wrote:
writes:

We're probably going to get one of these furnaces. Carrier Infinity
58MVB060 or Lennox G61MV070. Both are two-stage, variable speed DC fan
blower, about 95% efficiency. No air conditioning, we're on Vancouver
Island.

Dutifully reading newsgroup posts, I came across the advice that all
parts on these furnaces, especially the electronics and the DC motor,
are more likely to blow than on an old-fashioned furnace (the furnace
being replaced, a late 70s Airco, had no electronics at all), and can
be very expensive to fix. For example, $us 800 to replace the DV
motor. Several posters suggested "go for the 10-year warranty".

It seems that in Canada, the standard is a 5-year warranty on parts
(from the manufacturer) and one year labour from the dealer. My dealer
said he'd get back to me on the prices for warranty extensions.

5/1 appears to be the standard here in the US too. But 10year P&L is
available.

A Carrier dealer quoted me $350 for this extended warranty. A Bryant
dealer had the warranty baked into the quote already. It's been
installed for a few days and works great so far. ;-)


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Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

The cost of the warranty extension is $475, Canadian funds. But it
comes not from the manufacturer nor from the dealer but from an
insurance company. I'm probably going to go for it, but need to find
out some details first. For instance, if I sell the house, the
warranty should go with the furnace. That's completely logical, but it
wouldn't surprise me if the insurance company had it different. Given
the uncertainties and high parts cost of these high tech units, I think
that $475 is a great price to increase the labour warranty from one
year to 10 years, and the parts warranty from 5 years to 10 years.
And, no, when I buy a TV or a stereo component, I *never* take the
extended warranties they offer.

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Jonathan Berry