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You're right, it's probably more about being steel and having the backer gland. Heck, a swagelok would be a HUGE upgrade for most of these setups. Given the expected life of these things, why not stainless tube and swageloks? Yeah, it's a higher one-time expense. But it doesn't work harden as...

I had the HF and tossed it after a couple uses because of the low quality valves leaking. The Robinair unit was still somewhat reasonable in cost and a notable upgrade. I'm sure the pro units (yellowjacket?) are better, but not better enough for my uses to justify the premium.

It's the 45 degree angle. The JIC 37 degree flares used in hydraulics and the 30 degree flares Komatsu uses are pretty reliable and leak-free. The most reliable setups I know of for metal-on-metal seals for high pressure using some kind of sacrificial crush washer with a bite-edge design where...

Which end failed? The flared female end?

360psi on the low side. Wow.

On the contrary, it's quite similar. Those items require no maintenance and provide little to no warning before they fail. They go from fine to not fine in a step function. HVAC is like that. By your own admission, there's nothing one can do to prevent the kind of coil failure that took out my...

I selected this new system largely because of it's all-aluminum coil designs.

I guess I'm in that run-it-till it breaks crowd for HVAC. Are you in the habit of replacing functional parts before they break? Just swap a coil every 5 years or so? Why would someone replace a capacitor in advance when it's such a simple repair? What's the alternative? I've run--until it...

Brilliantly. It's not just cool, but the air feels cleaner too. SOmehow the new filtration system is really killing it too. It feels relaxing in a way the old system never was. I'm very happy with it.

They fabbed the adapter from the top of the A/C unit so presumably they have basic sheetmetal skills. I'm not sure how useful or helpful you think your post-hoc criticisms of the freshly installed system are, but I assure you I'm not calling them back to "fix" something because an internet...

I hear you, but if I fixed every corner cut in the building of this house, I'd have $50k in remodeling or more for a house whose basic floorplan I don't really like. I'd rather move than remodel this house. Other defects noted in the nearly 20 years of occupancy here: -- Blown attic insulation...

I doubt it's much better at all. The problem isn't the lack of radius at the outside of the bend, it's sharp corner at the INSIDE.

It was baked into the pie unfortunately and fixing it would have involved redoing the entire return trunk into the utility area. #sudivisionbuildquality

New System as installed: The old system had 3” PVC for the flue discharge which is not necessary, so the connected the 2” to the old 3” PVC. There’s also a cleanout now on the condensate drains.

The old system was SEER of 10 I believe. This system is "up to" 18 SEER. Everything is new. Lineset is all new, wiring is all new (added surge protection for the sensitive variable electronics). The only old stuff reused is the ducting and some drain lines. I had them entirely remove that...

The new condenser is much larger than the old one. So far, so good. The basic hardware seems well-made. I'm seeing good heat sinking and proper wire securing and generally good design and workmanship on the Lennox product. The installers are doing well.

I'd die in Houston. Even in March it's miserable!

You guys are all much cooler than me. I have lots of old license plates on the shelf (a collection of my vehicle life, basically) and been meaning to make a project from them. Sort of a "my vehicle history" thing.

I was tempted to do that also. Maybe next time. I think the idea makes a lot of sense