"udarrell" wrote in message
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TURTLE wrote:

"PrecisionMachinisT" wrote in message
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"Are you still in the business Turtle? 6K is a normal median price.
Some
are less, some more. You can't touch an Infinity system for 6K, nor
even
just a 13SEER 410-A over 3.5 tons. "

And of course it all depends on where you're starting from. If the
house has a modern forced air heating system, it;s one thing. If it
has hot water heat, then it's a different story.


Yeah lotsa hot water heating systems in Louisiana is my bet.

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SVL



This is Turtle.

I see the ones here speaking has stars in their eyes of what they think the
Oakdale, La. 71463 HVAC service company makes money wise. There is 2 of the 5
service and installer companys in town that thinks changing out a 5 ton
condenser for a job at cost + $125.00 = the job done. $885.00 sales tax
included for a Evcon / Luxaire / York. I bid $1,500.00 in Rheem and $1,275.00
in Goodman. The other bidder told the preacher that i was a ripping the church
off by wanting these high prices. The sad part here is the preacher believed
him but the other fellow would not come back to fix the job with a freezing up
expanion valve problem. They called me to come fix the mess up and i told the
Preacher it would be $200.00 to fix it. he said that seemed way to high to fix
it. i said then you know it could run $300.00 or so the more I think about it.
I went a head and did it for $225.00 but i will never get use to Idiots in the
customer base.

3 of the 5 service companys have other jobs and suppliment their income with
hvac work. There is only 2 companys that do this full time for a living,
Myself and one other. If you want to work residentiual jobs. You have to put
up with a fellows who thinks Cost + $125.00 for condenser units and Cost +
$250.00 for complete system change outs [ furnace , coil, and condenser ].

I thought about moving years ago but did not for some reason.
TURTLE
Turtle, I think you should have moved. You need to get paid for you hard work
and years of experience.

In hot (& humid) climates with long cooling seasons I wish every county
government, utilizing the power companies, would fund an Energy Audit campaign
to reduce the massive waste of energy in America. (That ought to get some
feathers ruffled.) - udarrell - Darrell
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Factors in the Correct Sizing of Residential Air Conditioning Systems -
Recommended Procedures for Proper Duct Sizing of Residential Air Conditioning
Systems
http://www.udarrell.com/proper_cfm_b...syste ms.html

INTRODUCTION TO TOTAL COOLING PERFORMANCE; how installing a 3-ton system can
become a 1.5-ton system of actual
delivered cooling (SURPRISE!):

http://epb1.lbl.gov/residential/cool.html

This is Turtle.

The ideal of getting the hvac system to working right by a engery program would
be a good ideal for here laterly about 1 in 5 calls of hvac trouble is too much
freon in the system. They gas them up in cool weather and when it gets hot. They
will stop working for too much freon in them.

TURTLE