Originally Posted by
rhuberty
Owner called my wife today noting "sure glad that worked as our compressor was not covered under warranty and the mfg would not stand behind it." It appears that he wants to just quickly move beyond the issue. Did not even discuss the pro's or con's of replacement with us. His story was that it was manufactured sometime in 2003 and is one year beyond warranty. Warrenty clearly states a warranty start from "date of installation" which was early 2004. He suggests that "maybe the unit was installed before we purchased the home and sat for awhile (we are in a new home)." What he did not remember was that he (the owner) was the one that actually installed it 4 years ago and we have his signature and date of payment on the back of his business card. I can understand - that was 4 years ago and apparently he does not keep good records. We did not shop around at the time, paid him what I believe to be a premium price for the unit and now have the issue to deal with. While I'm sure it's not unusual to have a unit sitting in a warehouse for a year or two before install, based on his response I can't but wonder where the unit might have came from before he installed it (pulled from another house, reconditioned, bought on the black market, etc.). I have one more question and would appreciate comments - could the hard start capacitor be removed (standard capacitor replaced) and if the unit fires could we be more comfortable that the compressor is good or would I just be faced with another service call next spring putting the hard start back in. I'm at a loss here on how to approach the situation but definately don't wish to kick out $600 and associated service $$$ for a new compressor a year or two from now. I already have two service calls to pay for. It would also be nice to know a reasonable time estimate to replace the compressor so I can evaluate the service cost related to the replace or don't replace decision.