On Monday, July 27, 2015 at 9:03:28 PM UTC-4, Ralph Mowery wrote:

From what I read about 10 years ago when looking to put in a new
heat pump it seemed that anything above a rating of 14 was really a waste of
money. YOu may save a few dollars on power,but the price jump would take
years to pay back.


I went through that analysis about 4 years ago and came to the
same conclusion for my AC. I got a 14 SEER too. It's not hot
enough here in NJ, nor are our electric rates high enough to
get a reasonable pay back. The only thing I might reconsider
paying more for would be a two stage, so that it can run more
on days where you just need it to take some humidity out. But
even that isn't really an issue here. If I drop the temp 1 or
2 deg, it's enough to get the humidity down enough.