Alex wrote:
Hello everyone,

Monday night our AC unit (electric central air and heat) started
making a strange squeeling sound (like a loose belt on a car) then
acted like it was loosing power... going normal then slowing down
then normal again, etc. I turned it off and called a local repair
shop which I've used in the past.

They came out today, and after turning the break back on, the repair
guy touched the outside of the unit to get a shock which threw him
back a few feet -- he touched the outside of the unit, nothing
internal. After turning the power back off he did more digging and
said the compressor was grounding and either the compressor needed to
be replaced or the entire outside unit needed replacing.

This AC is about 23 years old and a 3 ton unit, and though we didn't
expect to spend the money now, we hoped to upgrade to a larger unit at
some point as we hoped to convert our garage into another room within
the next year.

Just thought I'd put this out there for others more experienced then I
to review. As I said, I've used this company before, and I have no
reason to not trust them... but before spending $3500 or more I just
like to do some digging.

Take care --

Alex

At 23 years old, my vote it to replace it with a modern more efficient
model. In the long run it is likely to be less expensive to do it that
way.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit