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

Hey RAJ,In my opinion, having been an HVAC Contractor for 30+ years, I tend toagreethat 14 seer or more is a waste of money as it would take a very longtime topay-back the difference, than say a 13 seer, which is what I put in myown home.I'm sure the day will come when electric and gas will be so expensive,we'llwish we had a 30 seer, but until at least 2010, when R-22 will bephased out,I'll be installing 13 seer cooling and heat pumps and more than everputtingin dual fuel systems, 96 AFUE gas furnaces and 13 seer heat pumps.I've been using Amana units for awhile now, and really like the variblespeedblowers, biggest improvement in heating and cooling since electronicignition in plae of the pilot light.You can get a lot of info at the pictures onthe wall of shameare pretty good to.Take care,mrkoolRAJ wrote:

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Higher SEER = More Problems? Worth it?

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Michael Dobony 16 years ago

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Thanks to the illegitimate president we now have you can look forward to even larger increases in the near future.

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Stormin Mormon 16 years ago

Hwang is the sound that the rod makes when spanking an unruly child or teenager.

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Stormin Mormon 16 years ago

Supposing he'd been a US born natural Democrat. Would that make anyone feel better?

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Existential Angst 16 years ago

Sheeit, then you must be in 7th Heaven, over there in Utah!!

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Tony Hwang 16 years ago

Hi, Hwang = ? = ?, Got it? Speaking of marriage, I can trace back my whole clan back to early 14th century. BTW, I am 37th generation. I have document, the whole thing on two DVD set. Periodically updated/published/distributed from clan Hq. based in Seoul, Korea(my home town) Can you or your family match it? Do you know who you are?

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Red Green 16 years ago

Tony Hwang wrote in news:Kjb1n.17946$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe16.iad:

Yes we know who we are. We are...

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Left to right: Stormin Mormon, Oren & Nate. I'm not in it of course because I'm taking the picture.

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Tony Hwang 16 years ago

Hi, Yup, red and green.

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Red Green 16 years ago

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Then of course there's the Bad Boys:

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Left to right:

You know who you are!

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Suka Midak 16 years ago

Don't forget Grandma!

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The Daring Dufas 16 years ago

Our very first Affirmative Action President? We hope to have some change left after he's gone.

TDD

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PopeyeTheSailor 15 years ago

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PopeyeTheSailor wrote: NORDYNE IQ DRIVE (AKA MAYTAG, FRIGIDAIRE, WESTINGHOUSE) 23 SEER A/C UNITS

I have owned this Maytag 23 SEER IQ Drive equipment from Nordyne (both a 3 t> According to CR:

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Grumpy 15 years ago

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NORDYNE IQ DRIVE (AKA MAYTAG, FRIGIDAIRE, WESTINGHOUSE) 23 SEER A/C UNITS >

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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