Our upstairs ac did not seem to be cooling on a Saturday afternoon, so we called Precision Air several weeks ago. Our technician upon arrival mentioned how busy he had been that day, & that he had many other service calls after us. He spent less than 15 minutes diagnosing the outside unit and announced that the compressor needed to be replaced. We were shocked, our house is only 6 years old. He gave us a quote to replace the compressor at a cost of $2330, but that would only have a 90 day warranty. Or we could replace the entire condensing unit at a cost of $2960, which would have a warranty of 5 years. Which option did we want, he could install it for us on Monday? We did not feel comfortable moving forward with either option, and oddly enough our a/c seems to be working perfectly ever since. It did not seem, after all, to be a compressor issue. I don't feel that he took the time to really diagnose anything. I think it was more an issue that it was 104 degrees that day & at 3:30 in the afternoon, it did not seem to be cooling, which was probably true, due to the extreme heat. I'm happy we didn't spend the $2300-$3000.
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