According to CR:Contractors they survey say units with a SEER of 11 to 14 tend to holdup best. SEER of more than 14 tend to be more complex, with more thatcan go wrong.Any opinion on this? It seems that anything above SEER 14 is just awaste of money. Are you really going to save that much more a month tomake it worth it? And will it give you more trouble?RAJ

It really depends on where you are located... here in the south, the payback on the a/c or a heat pump is really pretty quick as we have 9 months of summer here as opposed to 9 months of winter sports where you would actually see a payback from a 96% AFUE furnace.

responding to IQ DRIVE (AKA MAYTAG, FRIGIDAIRE, WESTINGHOUSE) 23 SEER A/C UNITSI have owned this Maytag 23 SEER IQ Drive equipment from Nordyne (both a 3ton & a 2 ton unit)since April 2009. I replaced two old, inefficientsystems in their entirety. I paid top dollar for this high efficiencyequipment and boy was I taken! Lots of service calls (more in 1 year thanin the 11 years I owned the older units); high humidity inside the house(a new problem that started with the install of this equipment); noisyfans that wake me up when the units shut down at night; no improvement inenergy efficiency at all (I have to keep the house 4 degrees cooler thanwith the old equipment to keep from sweating, due to the high humidity);equipment is sensitive to power fluctuations (computer brain flips outevery time there is a switching transient from the power company and mustbe reset); and the list just goes on and on. I would NOT recommendpurchasing this product. A Trane 2 Stage system would likely be a...

Higher SEER = More Problems? Worth it?

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Tony Hwang 16 years ago

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Suka Midak 16 years ago

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The Daring Dufas 16 years ago

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PopeyeTheSailor 15 years ago

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Grumpy 15 years ago

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That is with any piece of equipment, more things on it more problems can be expected that is no option. it does not matters high or low efficiency more sophistication more problems just like your car.

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