"~KJPRO~" wrote in message
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"bill allemann" wrote in message
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Poor installation makes them vibrate, noisy, and rust like crazy. I'll
be
darned.

You would be surprised what a proper installation can do!

~kjpro~

Yup...and damn..I almost forgot to address the rust issue..

Altho...SOME are more prone to rust than others...Goodman for
example....ThermoPrides...Lennox..
Trane, York, and Carrier seem to have pretty good cabinets, and of
course...York passes the salt tests down here at the coast with flying
colors and surpasses them all....but its all in the initial out of the box
quality of the unit...


"~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