"TURTLE" wrote in message
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I'm in the market for a new HVAC system. I've noticed that the higher
SEER units jump dramatically in price going from 10 SEER to 12 to 14.
10-12 is an 85% increase. 12-14 is about %50 increase. I've also been
told that the 12+ SEERs have "variable" (valve can open/close to change
the pressure gradient) expansion valves. Lastly, these "variable"
expansion valves are prone to failure and frequent servicing.
Is this true
This is Turtle.
First I'm not good at Per cents as tring to judge prices because of too many
veriable in the per cent game. Now do looking at the % that you stated here.
They just seem just too high to be called fair. Now for a look at a price
difference of a hvac system usely in 6 different brands I sell here is the
price for a give tonage, type and seer but all three prices is for the same
everything but change the seer rating. I'm looking at the wholesale price
sheets and get my Retail bid prices from them.
10 SEER Same set type system ------------------ $3,200.00 .
12 SEER Same set type system ------------------ $3,950.00 .
14 SEER Same set type system ------------------ $4,725.00 .
These prices are from a bid sheet that I just turned in to a customer and the
profit from the 10 , 12, and 14 seer bits installed are all the same. I make
the same money off the 10 , 12, or the 14 seer and don't care which seer the
customer picks for I make the same money off each. Now do your per cent game
if you like.
TURTLE
This is Turtle Again.
I forgot about the expanion valve question.
I and the manufactor of hvac equipment concider a expanion valve to be used on
high quality equipment and if your just going cheap type system just use a flow
rater on it and not a expanion valve.
Now to the expanion valve being more trouble or more pronded to have trouble. I
will say a expanion valve would prevent trouble in the future and be a very good
thing to have if your going to keep your system for a long period of time like
20 or 30 years. I change my evaperator coil and furnace out in my house and I
wanted and installed a expanion valve on my system.
Now there is one draw back of having a expanion valve on the system. The
Uneducated and Hack HVAC people don't like them for you have to know what your
gdoing to gas up the systems and they will bad mouth these expanion valves.
TURTLE
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