On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:21:52 -0700 (PDT), "larry moe 'n curly"
wrote:



Wayne Boatwright wrote:

A friend is considering buying a home in the Phoenix that has a 4 year
old Goettl air conditioner installed. From having been in the house on
a very hot day, it seems to do a good cooling job. The unit is a 4
ton, 13 seer, roof mounted.

I'm not really familiar the the brand. Can anyone offer experience or
opinions on this?

I've lived in Arizona all my life, and Goettl used to be the #1 brand
of residential central A/C, not just here but for the whole US. They
manufactured their own units, previously in the eastern part of the
Phoenix area, more recently west of Phoenix, near Luke Air Force
Base. Mechanics said they were well designed and built and easy to
work on, and I still see some units that must be from the early 1980s
(fan on top, wire cage sticks up a few inches). However I don't know
if Goettl still manufacturers A/C, at least residential A/C. Also
Goettl seems to be the only large residential A/C contractor that
isn't high pressure, high priced, or shifty, unlike some others with A
+ ratings from the Better Business Bureau. I don't have a Goettl.


I have a rental with a Goettl on it from 1971. In 39 years it's only
needed two condenser fan motors and one crankcase heater. Not very
energy efficient by today's standards though.