"brassplyer" wrote in message
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On Apr 5, 9:07 pm, "Steve" wrote:

You turn on your car and it works... do you ever have it serviced??


I do all my own auto servicing. There are specific pieces that are
subject to wear, corrosion, sacrificial fluids that need replacing.

It's my understanding that the "lubrication" in an A/C compressor is
contained within the freon, that if it has freon it's got lubrication.
Does one "change the oil" in an A/C system?


Your heating and cooling system is the single
most expensive appliance in your home, and it runs 24/7


Actually, mine only gets run sporadically. I don't run it day in, day
out. Only when it get hot or cold enough and only when I'm actually
home. There are probably people who run theirs more in a year than I
do in 5.


.and you never
have it serviced??


Can you specify what servicing could be done to it to make it last
longer? Not being facetious, just seems that an auto and an A/C system
are different animals. I don't do "maintenance" on my computer hard
drives either, other than occasional defragging and antivirus scan.
But there's no actual mechanical "maintenance" to be done.

The word I keep hearing about many A/C companies who solicit for
"maintenance" is that many are shady, similar to companies who tell
you you need to put "treatment" in your septic tank, etc.


Your car and you A/C both have moving parts, they both have filters, they
both have electrical systems, they both have blowers and fans. Your A/C also
has to have the refrigerant charge balance checked once everything is clean
and verified to operate properly so that it is operating as it was designed
to, as well as making sure that it has no refrigerant leaks.

BTW.. the refrigerant in your system is being "phased out". In the next
year, the price of that refrigerant is going to be 8 - 10 times higher
because of the most recent 75% reduction in production and importing of R22

As far as "shady" companies, do a little homework.... talk to friends,
family, inlaws, outlaws, folks you go to church with, etc..... ask them who
they use or don't use, and why.