dieselscout80
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Our HVAC system a packaged heat pump from 2003 (4 ton) and is possibly SEER 12 has a coil leak and the coil is no longer made.
There’s a $2000 federal tax credit and the power company has a $400 rebate.
Our HVAC guy gave us two quotes. 1. Is another packaged heat pump that is SEER2 16, but doesn’t qualify for any of the tax credits or the rebate for $12.195.00. It has a two speed compressor and a variable speed blower.
2. Is a split system that’s SEER2 18 and qua for all credits and rebates for $17.695.00 which also includes replacing all our craw space duct work. It is an inverter drive compressor and a variable speed blower. The duct work is about $2500 or more, so the system is really $15195.
Being in South Carolina AC season is the big driver of our electrical bill. We average 1300 to 1400 kWh per month for most of the year, but June, July, August and September we add another 1200 to 1300 kWh to our usage.
Our electricity is about $0.13 per kWh.
This is a calculator and it seem to say it would take about 10 years to make up the cost what do you people think?
With fixing the duct and replacing the system with the SEER2 18 seems to make sense. We’re sixty and will likely be here for at least ten years likely longer.
There’s a $2000 federal tax credit and the power company has a $400 rebate.
Our HVAC guy gave us two quotes. 1. Is another packaged heat pump that is SEER2 16, but doesn’t qualify for any of the tax credits or the rebate for $12.195.00. It has a two speed compressor and a variable speed blower.
2. Is a split system that’s SEER2 18 and qua for all credits and rebates for $17.695.00 which also includes replacing all our craw space duct work. It is an inverter drive compressor and a variable speed blower. The duct work is about $2500 or more, so the system is really $15195.
Being in South Carolina AC season is the big driver of our electrical bill. We average 1300 to 1400 kWh per month for most of the year, but June, July, August and September we add another 1200 to 1300 kWh to our usage.
Our electricity is about $0.13 per kWh.
This is a calculator and it seem to say it would take about 10 years to make up the cost what do you people think?
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With fixing the duct and replacing the system with the SEER2 18 seems to make sense. We’re sixty and will likely be here for at least ten years likely longer.