Leaking freon, or water?

The suction tube (large one) needs to be insulated, as it gets cold.
It will condense water and drip.

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"Bob" wrote in message
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Hello,

Have a forced hot air heating system, where the duct work is also used
for the house air conditioning.
Pretty typical setup: Condenser is outside the house, of course, and
has two pipes running to the furnace where the Evaporator section of
the
A/C is.
Furnace blower then bolws air thru the evap. section into the
ductwork.

"Plumbing" from the outside Condenser to the Evaporator is run thru
the
ceiling and walls.

Might be a leak somewhere.

It's not a very long run, but I really don't want to rip away part of
the ceiling and wall to try and find.

Thinking of having the A/C guy, or a Plumber just run new tubing on
the
bottom of the existing ceiling. Tubing would be exposed, but would
paint.

Question: good idea or approach ?

Would this new tubing have to be insulated ? How ?

BTW: are leaks in the connecting tubing fairly common after 20 years
or
so, or is nearly "always" a leak in the compressor or elsewhere in the
actual A/C unit ?

Thanks,
Bob