I recently had my 6 year old AC unit tuned up for the first time. In my opinion the technician (Scott) did an outstanding job. He performed a multi-point check of both my furnace unit and the AC compressor. He found a potential problem in that the AC compressor fan motor was drawing current near its max rated capacity. He stated that the unit was fine for now but at some point if the issue was not corrected I could run into overheating problems. Having some pretty good knowledge of electricity I told him that we find out why this is happening and fix the problem. So he did some trouble shooting and discovered that the capacitor that provides a steady voltage to the fan unit was degraded. I authorized him to replace the capacitor. After that the fan motor was drawing only a fraction of what it was before. I was very impressed with Scotts troubleshooting ability and the fact that he did not try to ""upsell"". I also think that $87 for an AC tuneup is very reasonable. Some of my coworkers have told me of horror stories with their AC/Heating service provider, but none have had a complaint with ASI. After my first encounter with ASI, I am impressed and will continue to use them.
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