I am glad you are going, but your discharge air temp is still a bit high.
I might run this simple check. On the large insulated line, it should be "beer can cold" (i.e. 40 degrees or so) under the insulation, the small line should be above ambient, but not blazing hot.
Its a little bit more than a "little" concerning he did not test run it. Regardless, the price is what it is. I have seen (and followed for friends as a "second opinion") technicians who would have told you the unit was trash.
FWIW, our street rate is just shy of $150/ hr., $85 truck charge, and 5.5% enviro fee. Good help is not cheap. Sometimes mediocre help isn't either. But the bottom line is, he basically fixed it. Not saying he did you right, but the pricing isn't bad.
Why do all that when you can get free troubleshooting on the innernet?
This is true, I suppose, but please remember, I ended with "call a pro" and stand by that. Nothing like this can be diagnosed over the phone, or web correctly, reliably. I took a stab (an educated one) and got it right. I'm not super talented, or gifted, just a good guesser.
I did tech support for a few years too, its really, REALLY easy to tell a guy what to do when you are sitting in a 70 degree office, feet up, and the customer isn't hovering over you, lol. But perhaps you are right, I should not infringe on my fellow technicians livelihood. My most sincere apologies to anyone I may have cost a call.
