"American Mechanical" wrote in message
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"CBHVAC" same @as.it.was.com wrote in message
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"bill allemann" wrote in message
m...
Poor installation makes them vibrate, noisy, and rust like crazy.
I'll
be
darned.

Actually..it can indeed.
Particularly the vibration and noise issue. There is ONE little thing
that
no installer seems to remember....and it can indeed cause them to
vibrate
like hell..

It's Curly's secret isn't it! :-o

- Robert

LOL...

Nah...is those pesky compressor mounting bolts that everyone seems to think
need to be tight as hell....wrong...
Turn them out 1.4 turn or more...be amazed at how nice and quiet and how
little vibration is transmitted..wonder if THATS why they are on rubber
feet??






"~KJPRO~" wrote in message
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"American Mechanical" wrote in message
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"bill allemann" wrote in
message
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I very much agree on the Carrier observation. I had quite a
number
of
them in my rental units (a friend is a dealer), and they've been
a
big
maintenance problem, well, not any more,
most of them are gone by now. Short life span, cheap
materials,
corrosion,
vibration, noisy, etc, etc .. Never again.
Bill

Most likely due to poor installation and/or poor maintenance.
There
is
no
perfect brand but I'd bet dollars to donuts that if your problem
stretched
over several units that it was not a quality problem with the
unit.
A
quality installation can make even a cheapo Goodman last quite a
while
with
only minor problems. (i.e. Fan relays, contactors, capacitors, and
the
many
other low grade parts that Goodman uses.)


Ditto....

~kjpro~


- Robert



"Dave HVACowner" wrote: My personal
suggestion is that, you keep away from Carrier and Trane due
to
their
inflated prices to cover national advertising . Select a high
efficiency
Goodman . Its ranked number 2 in national residential hvac
sales
and
thier warranties are long. This is my opinion as an hvac owner
..
Dave