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| "Travis Jordan" wrote in message
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| Shabam wrote:
| The
| drain pan was all rusted out at the bottom also (not sure if that's a
| separate thing).
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| Many techs get commissions to sell new systems.
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| If your air conditioner is working OK (and not leaking refrigerant) and
| the only problem is the water in the ceiling, then consider having a
| contractor just repair or replae the drain pan. For a few hundred $ you
| might be able to get another five years or more out of the existing
| system.
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| Yeah... that will give him another 5 years to save the extra couple of
| thousand to replace the system under the 13 SEER rule

Maybe just have a drywall contractor come in every couple of weeks to
replace the ceiling for another 5 years or so? I don't think they take a
commission and I'm sure if he set it up on a recurring contract they would
give him a good deal and wave any commission they might have had. :-)

- Robert