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QUESTION:It was due to happen sometime, the blower motor died on my 20 year old
3.5 ton GE heat pump. I'm planning to switch to natural gas because
we like the warm air feeling of gas heat and we had the gas line
plumbed into the area already. The installer will only need to add
the PVC exhaust pipe to complete the conversion.
We've owned this house in Maryland for 7 years, and we plan to stay
here indefinitely, so we want to install a reliable efficient system.
The full system will cost a little over $8000 so I want to be sure I
do this right.
The company is recommending the Carrier Infinity 96 Gas Furnace
http://www.residential.carrier.com/products/furnaces/gas/infinity96.s...
and the Infinity Series Central Air Conditioner (21 Seer)
http://www.residential.carrier.com/products/acheatpumps/ac/infinity.s...
Does anyone have experience with the Carrier Infinity products? Any
recommendations for a nice system? Should I look into buying the air
cleaner add-on, we have hay fever in the spring and fall?
I have another company coming out on Monday to quote a Trane system.
ANSWER: I have both the Infinity furnace and matching A/C and like them very
much. By all means get the air cleaner, not much initial cost compared
to benefit. The variable speed blower is nice though a little noisy on
the rare occasions when it hits high speed. I got the humidistat, I
don't know it it is part of the package, but worth adding if it isn't.
You can set it to run on low to dehumidify at a given level. I got the
96% furnace and the 18 seer A/C about 2 years ago and have yet to
regret it.
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