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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote Shadow Tracker" data-source="post: 2257976" data-attributes="member: 116439"><p>I had the same problem when my Central Air system was about 7 years old. I went and bought a 20# can of R-22 Freon and a "Leak Stick" its about 8" long of leakstop in an sealed 1/2" tube. You put one end on the low-suction side of you AC unit and then connect the Freon to the other side. When you have your unit running it sucks the leakstop in as well as the Freon. You have to have some knowledge to do this and have gauges and a AC chart with temp probes. Saved me $1000+ the first time I did it and lasted until now - 6 years. My Heat Pump never ran better than when it was new or previous serviced. </p><p>Well now I did get my AC to work by adding R-22, but the pressure numbers were off so it will fail again soon. The good and Bad news is they are installing the new Trane Seer 17 two stage compressor with variable DC fan tomorrow morning at 8:30. The bad news is that it is costing $10,800.00. I could have gotten another unit for $5K than another Trane for $8k, but got the best he had. By the way there is a shortage in AC units. This was the only one he had in stock in his storage. Just got it in a few weeks ag and no one wanted to pay the extra cost. The Dealer said that between Covid and not making the units and now with the building boom everything is scarce and almost 30% more .</p><p>It's had to imagine how people lived here in the South without AC years ago. I have 6" insulation in the walls, floors have 6" plus a basement with 4" in the outside walls and my attic has 16" blown in. If it is in the 90s and we don't have the air on, it can get up into the high 90s inside.</p><p>I have a hard time sleeping if it is above 73. if it gets past 74 Samson PANTS all night. I guess we are nothing like our fore fathers to bear these conditions without modern AC. We must be a bunch of WIMPS! I can't imagine trying to sleep in a house in the high 90s although I slept in the jungle that way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote Shadow Tracker, post: 2257976, member: 116439"] I had the same problem when my Central Air system was about 7 years old. I went and bought a 20# can of R-22 Freon and a "Leak Stick" its about 8" long of leakstop in an sealed 1/2" tube. You put one end on the low-suction side of you AC unit and then connect the Freon to the other side. When you have your unit running it sucks the leakstop in as well as the Freon. You have to have some knowledge to do this and have gauges and a AC chart with temp probes. Saved me $1000+ the first time I did it and lasted until now - 6 years. My Heat Pump never ran better than when it was new or previous serviced. Well now I did get my AC to work by adding R-22, but the pressure numbers were off so it will fail again soon. The good and Bad news is they are installing the new Trane Seer 17 two stage compressor with variable DC fan tomorrow morning at 8:30. The bad news is that it is costing $10,800.00. I could have gotten another unit for $5K than another Trane for $8k, but got the best he had. By the way there is a shortage in AC units. This was the only one he had in stock in his storage. Just got it in a few weeks ag and no one wanted to pay the extra cost. The Dealer said that between Covid and not making the units and now with the building boom everything is scarce and almost 30% more . It's had to imagine how people lived here in the South without AC years ago. I have 6" insulation in the walls, floors have 6" plus a basement with 4" in the outside walls and my attic has 16" blown in. If it is in the 90s and we don't have the air on, it can get up into the high 90s inside. I have a hard time sleeping if it is above 73. if it gets past 74 Samson PANTS all night. I guess we are nothing like our fore fathers to bear these conditions without modern AC. We must be a bunch of WIMPS! I can't imagine trying to sleep in a house in the high 90s although I slept in the jungle that way. [/QUOTE]
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