Thinking about purchasing a new heating and air conditioning system can be difficult because it’s like buying a car you have the really cheap ones on the market and the really great ones! You will notice that most Air conditioning companies sell a brand and have that logo on their service trucks and vans. If you ask them what is the best brand furnace or air conditioner you will for sure hear it from them that their brand is the best! This is far from the truth and I have been working on furnaces and air conditioners for 28 years now and trust me there are many brands I will not sell or even consider selling! If you go to a car dealership they will tell you the best car on the market is the ones they sell right? You really need to look into what brands are great, good and ok! Each furnace and air conditioner have different prices and when you are shopping cheap you will really get cheap equipment that will fail, break down and that service company that will do the warranty work will not like it. Do you have a noisy air conditioning system? This is because it was a cheaper unit using lower gauge sheet metal and loud fan and compressor! Some residents or communities in Orange County California have required noise DB ratings that you will have to comply to for city code.
Here is my all time favorite system Carrier! Carrier has been making air conditioning and furnaces for a long time they make a system that is easy to work on and really quiet and nice! Yes it does cost more money to buy a Carrier system but in the long run you will be impressed and happy! I really like to sell and install the Carrier systems because my customers will be happy and that is my biggest goal!
I do also like the York brand also! I have the York system in my home it works great and trouble free! I do keep my service on the condensing unit and furnace every three months washing down the washable air filter and washing the outside condensing unit!. I did have a couple issues on the commercial side package units so I have cut back for a while on selling them!
Lennox units I have not had good luck with them! I have some commercial Lennox package units that I service and have nothing but problems with them! The cheap disconnects that are plastic fell apart due to the sun so my electrician had to replace all of their disconnects with a mechanical fused disconnect! I had problems with their parts department while trying to get inside blower motor that burned out! In my opinion save your money and move on to a different brand!
REEM units now this one you need to avoid! Just to clean or see most of the components in their package units you better bring your screw gun and drivers because you have to take off so many screws and panels just to get to anything! Why so many screws and what’s up with not keeping it simple? Most of the air conditioning technicians get paid by the hour and trust me you work 4 times harder on a REEM air conditioner than any other system!
Trane Units I have to also say have not had good luck with them also! I have had to repair new units that the factory went cheap on their braising and the entire refrigerant leaked out! I don’t care for Trane nor will I ever sell one! I do have to service them for some of my customers and just another name to avoid! I am not sure why but I am constantly replacing the belts on the Trane units more than all the other brands I service!
Do you have a brand of air conditioning or furnace that you would like the honest advice of? Please post your comments and questions here and I will give you my honest opinion about the air conditioning system you are thinking of purchasing! Trust me buying a new air conditioning system is like buying a car and really don’t trust the contractor or the company that is selling you one because you will never get the honest truth out of them!