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Originally Posted by mtdjed
Have a neighbor who called one of The Villages larger Air Conditioner installers for a yearly checkup. Don't know how much neighbor paid for the checkup. However, neighbor was told by service rep that Capacitor readings indicate that a new capacitor was likely needed before current capacitor failed. A price of $225 was verbally quoted.
I know that a capacitor costs between $10 to $20. If service rep was reading Capacitor, he already had the panel off. That meant he had to simply, disconnect power, discharge capacitor (Screwdriver between contacts), remove one bracket screw, disconnect 3 wires, remove old capacitor and simply install new capacitor. You can replace capacitor in about same time as it takes to check capacitor readings.
Since capacitors are one of the most frequent items to fail, are inexpensive and easy to replace, why don't we as the customers expect or force this abuse to stop.
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So, does anyone have an air conditioning company they would recommend?? We've been told during a "service call" that our unit isn't ready to be replaced however it will be in the next couple of years. That was 2 years ago, I feel since it's the original unit and the house was built in 2003, I prefer to replace before it needs to be replaced in the middle of hurricane season. Is there a company that people how used and are happy with them? We got one quote and the company is trying to sell us a unit that is actually bigger than recommended for the size of our little house... RED FLAG or maybe not??