Is It Possible For A Home Air Conditioning Unit To Be The Cause Of Its Coils Going Bad?
July 5, 2009 by admin
Filed under Air Conditioning
My Mom owns a Trane air conditioning unit and has had nothing but problems with it. She had the coil replaced on it a couple of years ago. Now a technician is telling her that the coils are bad again. They are telling her that there is something in the environment, her sprinkler system (sulfur), which is causing it to go bad. Does this explanation sound feasible? She uses well water for her sprinkler system but has had this sprinkler system for nearly 20 years. Before she had to get a new unit about 3 years ago she never had problems with the coil. Is it possible that the air conditioning unit itself could be causing the coils to go bad? i.e, a Freon leak or something.
Absolutely NO. I am sorry to say that many people like to lie about stuff that you dont know about and EXTORT money from you.The refrigerant contains oil which moves through the system with the refrigerant and a leak in the coil is very rare unless hit with a lawnmower or such. Also a leak can be repaired but ther is no profit in it and it takes time.I am an HVACRR Tech, 15 years and have heqard it all. You are welcome to contact me and I would love to have the Tech. (supposed) explain it to me!!! I will give you my phone number to have him call.
It doesn’t sound like they know what is wrong so they are making something up. There is not going to be anything in the water to damage the coil. If there was it would kill grass and everything else. My guess is that someone has done a bad job of installing the unit. You should contact trane about it. The unit should be under warranty. For a step by step troubleshooting guide check out the air conditioner page at my source.