Wow. I feel like a total sucker now. I have 2 estimates for Carrier equipment, each from a Northern NJ contractor: Estimate 1: AC 2.5 Ton 15 SEER 24APA530 Coil CNPVP3017ATA Furnace 70kBTU/80% 58CVA070-14 Honeywell Vision Pro Thermostat Honeywell HE-265 Humidifier Aprilaire 2200 air filter Replace chimney liner $10,347 Estimate 2 Same ac Same coil Same furnace Replace chimney liner Thermostat unknown no filter no humidifier $10,056 Estimate 3 (Lennox) AC: 2.5 ton 13 SEER (Variable Speed) Coil: C33-31 Furnace: 90k BTU 80% AFUE Thermo: Honeywell PRO 4000 Aprilaire 400 Humidifier Chimney liner replacement $9,610 These include installation into existing forced hot air duct system.

Thank you for contacting Carrier. The coil mentioned is a Carrier Coil. It is the performance series evaporator coil. Question resolved - thanks baldloonie and Carrier. This is from Carrier, confirming baldloonies answer: Bryant is manufactured by Carrier. The EXACT same quality standards are required for a component to be used in either a Carrier or a Bryant unit. Like equipment will be manufactured in the same factory, on the same assembly lines.

Could work if set up right, but I don't like the idea. You'll lose communicating capability with the outdoor unit (mainly diagnostics), and (post model number to confirm) sounds like you're going to a single-stage outdoor unit rather than a 2-stage outdoor unit. 2-stage units are beneficial in zoned applications. You'd have to wire up the outdoor unit with a conventional 24v setup rather than the communicating 4-wire interface. You probably want a second opinion here. Not sure what he's saying about a "blockage" causing the compressor to almost be "shot." Why do you feel that the A/C is going? Not cooling as well? I think you need a qualified Carrier dealer to look at the system and give a diagnosis.

I'm not necessarily an 'equipment' seller. I am a HVAC retrofit repair specialist. I do sell equipment but it is more about the goals of the customer, mixed with what I believe is the best fit to achieve that goal. ( I have used a combination of 8 different brands within the time my company formed a name on the side of the box means nothing.) The person working on it, maintaining it, servicing it --- means everything. I sell more than one brand, I work on all brands. There is no perfect brand. If that is what you are looking for in terms of a recommendation --- no, concentrate on installation and service. The more cooks in the kitchen, spoil the broth in my experience. Or if you prefer --- turns it to corona soup. To cut costs avoid the major name brands, if you can. While there is nothing wrong with any brand... what is wrong is what they charge for replacement parts. (they all offer 10 year parts, but if you hire a truck of clowns then expect someone like me to try to fix it after a bunch of clowns have manhandled it, you're not going to like what I have to say. There isn't much I haven't seen in 26 years of doing this. There is no warranty for improper installation.) In some cases you can not get away from this: like for example you want to install a more efficient unit. Now I could just tell you a brand I use, but due to the aforementioned criteria you just select anyone to install it and possibly with in a few years you may be in a worse situation than you are in now. That's the way this game works (more or less) for the past 5 years or so. Every manufacturer is squeezing whatever they can from the units they produce. This increases breakage.... puts me in a good spot being a repair man. You, not so much. You call someone up... what do you think they will tell you about their brand? It's like moths to a bug zapper. The whole goal of an equipment seller is to more or less dupe you. Prove it to yourself... what were you told when you bought the Carrier? Nothing has changed in that regard. With that said, there is off brand equipment that is garbage. This is why you hire a pro and actually use said pro to install the equipment. But money, what people perceive as a bargain 'up front' often turns into what you have now. Again 26 years doing this. I service the Katy, Texas area.