Any experiance with a York PC9 furnace?
kenora
| Posted in Energy, Heating & Insulation on
I’m considering putting one of these into my mom’s house. Its a modulating natural gas high efficiency furnace with a variable speed DC motor.
Its a lot of money so before I buy I would like to hear from anyone that has experiance with that particular furnace or York (the company) and its heating/cooling products. Are they top tier, middle or bottom?
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Greetings kenora,
This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again which will increase it's viewing.
Perhaps it will catch someone's attention that can help you with advice.
Cheers
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I do not own the furnace you ask about but I do have one similar and am very familiar with the company and their products (I was the technical service advisor for a York distributor for years).
York is one of the major manufacturers in the US and this is one of their highest end products. Carrier, Lennox, Trane and York form the top-tier of of HVAC products in this country. Hard to go wrong there.
The variable speed feature is very important to making a forced air system more consistent and more comfotable. Mine has a two stage burner not a modulating burner, but the function is very similar. The unit can (should) be set up to run at a constant minimal air flow to keep air moving and filtering and creating a more uniform environment. The variable speed feature allows the unit to adjust the air flow to the heating or cooling requirement. This saves energy and is quieter than a "standard" multi-speed system. Most residential heating systems are oversized and inefficient because of that and the inherent limitations in modulation between minimum and maximum capacities. This unit is one of the first to "bridge the gap" with modulatin gas control. These two features combine to make this the most comfortable and efficient gas forced air systems ever. These are the good points.
Potential bad points are obviously the higher first cost. Also, a modulating furnace may require a proportional controller (thermostat) or a two stage thermostat, which will add to the cost. More complex controllers may or may not be able to operate utilizing the same wires in-place, again, potentilally increasing the cost of intallation. As with anything else, more complexity means less reliability and higher repair costs.
WOW!Thanks for the well thought out reply....I am going to go for it. Much appreciated (from another Tim)
Edited 5/20/2008 2:05 pm by kenora