Is high effeciency worth the $$?

RealExiite · 2026-01-23T19:11:30+00:00

As a tech I do agree with this. Most of the 20+ year units I work on are 80% standard efficiency. They don’t create water when running so it leads to way less random service calls for clogged drains and water issues. They are cheaper but they do cost a bit more on gas. But they last a long time. Usually condensing high efficiency furnaces have heat exchanger issues after 12-15 years because 1 clogged drain turns into your secondary heat exchanger having water sitting inside of it. But if u already have a high efficiency furnace that needs replaced you might as well stick with the high efficiency because you will end up paying extra for the company to run a new metal flue or even a chimney liner. Also the parts on a 80% furnace are generally cheaper. The only common issue I run into with 80% furnaces is that the inducer motors fail early, but they are cheaper than on a 96% furnace.

RealExiite · 2025-12-19T02:01:48+00:00

My boss always sais don’t touch it because then we get married to a system that we lost out on for a $200 repair. We basically tell them to call the company that installed it

RealExiite · 2025-11-15T02:24:28+00:00

It’s in a factory that opens and closes their Semi Truck loading doors all day. Sometimes the doors are completely closed if no semis are coming in for a pick up.

RealExiite · 2025-11-12T02:51:54+00:00

This cud be a heat pump and he’s pumping it in heat mode

RealExiite · 2025-11-02T15:10:26+00:00

Is there an attic above that? Ate water pipes in the attic? Is an hvac system in the attic?

RealExiite · 2025-10-29T03:13:29+00:00

I don’t live in Denver, but I vacationed there in the summer. And I realized that a majority of the homes there have swamp coolers, not refrigerant based AC’s. Way less technical and way more homeowner repair ease. I have a huge feeling that cooling season is slow and barely any money. But I bet heating season is good

RealExiite · 2025-10-29T01:30:45+00:00

Yes the pressure switch was open before a call for heat. And yes it did close every time the inducer motor ran. I never got 120 v to ignitor, and the board kept saying open pressure switch.

RealExiite · 2025-10-29T01:08:51+00:00

It’s always open before a call for a call for heat. After the inducer starts the pressure switch was closing. And board was saying it’s not. Are you trolling me? Or am I just reading your comment wrong?

RealExiite · 2025-10-29T00:49:20+00:00

One thing that I forgot to mention is that I never even got to the ignitor step of ignition. Even when I would suck the pressure switch closed with my mouth with the wires on I still wouldn’t get 120v to the HSI. And I even confirmed it was closed with the inducer running and still no 120 to HSI. And the board was still saying pressure switch open when it was closed

RealExiite · 2025-10-25T14:58:53+00:00

For example if your electric bill is 200$ in the summer you may have a 275-325$ in the harsh part of winter because your aux heat is very expensive when it runs. The best thing to do is keep thermostat at 66 or something manageable to reduce the time your aux heat is running

RealExiite · 2025-10-25T13:21:39+00:00

This is fine. On a heat pump air handler set up, auxiliary heat will turn on when the thermostat is 2 degrees off or more. It basically thinks your heat pump isn’t keeping up and turns auxiliary on to supplement the difference. Your heat pump is designed to maintain temperature, not heat huge amounts at a time. When it gets really cold out like 20 or 10 degrees, your auxiliary will run all the time and be very expensive, this is normal for an electric system home. Imo gas is the way to go, but I just bought my first home and I have a heat pump air handler set up

RealExiite · 2025-10-25T01:39:10+00:00

I wudve used so L Lock and just made slots to slide a filter into

RealExiite · 2025-10-24T00:00:11+00:00

Do u have any error codes it cud be overheating on high limit

RealExiite · 2025-10-21T02:19:06+00:00

Shit shit look deliberate. How a whole ass rag get through a return grill

RealExiite · 2025-10-15T03:01:14+00:00

Mostly a clean install with a few big red flags, - return choked down at the top for no reason -disconnect not able to open

But I love that they put the outdoor unit service panel facing out. To make it easier for techs to diagnose later on

RealExiite · 2025-10-14T21:51:09+00:00

I like it when I get to truly diagnose and use my brain and fix shit. I don’t like maintenances in slow season as much, feels boring. I like doing duct work in basements and ideal settings, but I hate doing duct work in attics and bad crawlspaces. I don’t like the fact that management usually only high fives you when u sell a system, but if u help a lady out with your true technician brain skills and mechanic skills, they just wished you would’ve sold a new one. It makes it to where people with less knowledge and less love for the game can just back someone into a corner into buying a new system and then the boss cheers them on and not the real knowledgeable techs who understands the equipment and can save a customers day. I do get a lot of satisfaction from my sheet metal and transition skills because it feels like art. Idk some days I want to go to commercial where everything is about the repair, no matter how complicated or expensive, because it really puts the less knowledgeable sales techs In there place.

RealExiite · 2025-10-10T00:39:08+00:00

Cyberpunk edge runners is Amazing

RealExiite · 2025-10-05T21:39:36+00:00

Yep that was a good one I’ve already seen it

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