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Originally Posted by plbrdude
you very well may can get an a-coil, which is the evaporator. one to fit that should still be available, if the heat pump is only 9 yr old i'd be fairly temped to keep it.
the heat pump is the outside unit, so when you say the entire heat pump it would be the outside unit.
not sure if a 410a coil would fit in that air handler as they are usually a little bigger than a 22 coil. taller usually, which can be a headache.
if you were to upgrade to 410 it would prolly be wise to match system and change inside and out, just have line set checked close. it possibly could be left if it would be a total pain to change.
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Originally Posted by Bugeater
Yes, the A-coil is your evaporator (but it acts as a condenser when the heat pump is in heating mode)
The heat pump IS the outside condensing unit. It's just like an standard AC condensing unit, but it has a reversing valve and some other extra bullshit on it.
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Yep I know the Heat Pump IS the outside condenser unit. I was just referring to JUST the condenser part of the heat pump outside and not the whole shell and fan stuff. I am not doing a great job of communicating all of this!
Let me start over. I was thinking they could either A)replace a-coil as is and stay with R22 which is going to cost them a bunch to recharge. (something like $600 quoted to them just for recharge, I think) or B)replace a-coil with one for R410 and then of course they would have to replace the condenser in the heat pump outside to match. It sounds like you guys are saying that you don;t replace the condenser alone but the entire unit. Or of course C)replace the heat pump outside and the air handler inside which is going to be a massive job that I think will end up well over $6k or even $7k
I want to recommend option B if it is at all feasible, since in my mind I was thinking they could get away with a job costing closer to $3k and have basically the same result as option C but without the brand new warranties.
OK, let me know if my thinking is crazy talk.
OH and I'm almost 100% certain Goodman makes an R410 a-coil that would fit this old air handler.