stretch wrote:
I have always felt Lennox and Trane were superior products, which is
why I sell them.

They both do get good comments and reviews generally. I have had a
Lenox gas furnace installed for 2 years and it had many start-up
problems though. They replaced several limit switches and lately the
inducer motor. I think it was installed ok and the dealer was very
responsive and fixed everything under warranty at no cost. You can get
a single bad unit in anything but still it made me wary.


Lennox & Trane both make units with R-410a, which is the same thing as
Puron.


Lenox actually quoted an Aire-Flo 10B at the low end and an elite series
hsxa-030-rx10 which does have the r-410 and a higher seer but it is more
expensive. Trane quoted Xr11 at the low end and XL141 at the high which
is really expensive. I'm leaning toward the XR11 or the Bryant. The
Bryant seemed to offer a little more on paper (scroll compressor, r-410,
higher seer) at about $200 more, but if the quality isn't there then
it's no bargain.


The installer has a lot to do with the performance of any system. He
should do a load calculation to determine the proper size of the
system.


That's really true. People I talked with seemed satisfied with the three
dealers generally. One worked harder at the estimate, I think, and came
up with 2.5 T vs 3.0 for the other two. When I asked about that, he
said eastern exposure and tall trees to the West would make some
difference. I'm not sure if .5 diff is critical or not. Looking
around the net, it seemed that slightly undersized may be better than
over so it cycles a little longer to get humidity out and perhaps is
better for the compressor. It uses the blower already in the furnace so
that may not be matched either.


Thanks for the comments,
Dean