I'm novice to HVAC systems and how they work but have been trying to read up on some stuff.
Background: moved into a new build house in Spring 2017. House was built between Summer 206 and Spring 2017. The two outside units are Goodman brand and from researching the serial numbers on them, they were manufactured in 2012. The builder I assume likely bought them "new old stock" from somewhere but never bothered to register them with the manufacturer. I have no home warranty considering this house was a new build. The systems are heat pumps.
This past spring, I had to get the compressor and TXV replaced on one of my outdoor units because two capillary tubes inside the unit were rubbing together and one of them sprung a leak, causing all of the refrigerant to escape. Thus the compressor was shot after running the unit for a while with no refrigerant. The HVAC tech replaced (at my cost) the compressor and TXV and all was good. The parts were covered under warranty, but not the labor.
I probably ran the system twice (on AC mode) for a period of a few hours each time between the spring (when the unit was fixed) and now. Last week I had the HVAC tech come out to do the seasonal check on my system and guess what, the unit that caused me grief earlier this year has low suction, 56 Psig, compared to the other unit which tested at 138Psig. The tech said likely it's a faulty/bad metering device and since the units were not registered with the manufacturer, I would have to pay for the labor to replace the part (covered under manufacturer warranty) plus new refrigerant. I told the tech to forget about it as I'm not paying for that.
The tech did say that in AC mode, the until will run fine but once in heat mode, the components of the system will work harder because of the faulty metering device, and thus the unit compressor will burn out faster.
I was going to contact a guy my wife and I used to install our last HVAC unit in a previous house we lived in to get a second opinion. This same guy also was on contract with my wife's boss and have known him for almost 15 years. We didn't use him this past Spring when I first encountered problems because we moved to an area about an hour farther away and wanted to find someone closer.
I'm thinking I should had just paid for the diagnostic, refrigerant, and service call in the spring and replaced the Goodman unit with a brand more reliable?
Just venting out and looking for some advice. Is the second guy going to give me the same bad news and tell me I need to likely replace the metering device? Thanks in advance.
Background: moved into a new build house in Spring 2017. House was built between Summer 206 and Spring 2017. The two outside units are Goodman brand and from researching the serial numbers on them, they were manufactured in 2012. The builder I assume likely bought them "new old stock" from somewhere but never bothered to register them with the manufacturer. I have no home warranty considering this house was a new build. The systems are heat pumps.
This past spring, I had to get the compressor and TXV replaced on one of my outdoor units because two capillary tubes inside the unit were rubbing together and one of them sprung a leak, causing all of the refrigerant to escape. Thus the compressor was shot after running the unit for a while with no refrigerant. The HVAC tech replaced (at my cost) the compressor and TXV and all was good. The parts were covered under warranty, but not the labor.
I probably ran the system twice (on AC mode) for a period of a few hours each time between the spring (when the unit was fixed) and now. Last week I had the HVAC tech come out to do the seasonal check on my system and guess what, the unit that caused me grief earlier this year has low suction, 56 Psig, compared to the other unit which tested at 138Psig. The tech said likely it's a faulty/bad metering device and since the units were not registered with the manufacturer, I would have to pay for the labor to replace the part (covered under manufacturer warranty) plus new refrigerant. I told the tech to forget about it as I'm not paying for that.
The tech did say that in AC mode, the until will run fine but once in heat mode, the components of the system will work harder because of the faulty metering device, and thus the unit compressor will burn out faster.
I was going to contact a guy my wife and I used to install our last HVAC unit in a previous house we lived in to get a second opinion. This same guy also was on contract with my wife's boss and have known him for almost 15 years. We didn't use him this past Spring when I first encountered problems because we moved to an area about an hour farther away and wanted to find someone closer.
I'm thinking I should had just paid for the diagnostic, refrigerant, and service call in the spring and replaced the Goodman unit with a brand more reliable?
Just venting out and looking for some advice. Is the second guy going to give me the same bad news and tell me I need to likely replace the metering device? Thanks in advance.