Outdoor Air Conditioner costs

[Max]

Hi Folks,

Just a quick question. I've been looking around the net for prices on a new outdoor air conditioner units but have found nothing. I can find products and specs, etc. but no actual prices. We have 3 units out back (one is an American Standard Allegiance 10). One of them makes a lot of noise when starting and when we had our house inspected 1.5 years ago the inspector noticed a problem....2 of the units are on a slope. He said that wasn't a problem as long as we didn't try and level them since the bearings would have been worn unevenly. Anyway, my quick question is turning out to be a history lesson. Can anyone give me a rough idea how much it would cost to buy a replacement unit? We don't need a complete central air installation, everything is in place, we just want to figure out how much it would cost to replace 1 or more of the units. Consumer Reports estimated about 3 grand but they don't break it down so that figure may include other stuff too. I realize that the unit might not actually need replaced , this is just research at this point. I don't know how old the units are but I'm going to try and figure that out today. They also need serviced but that's another story.

Cheers, Max

PS - If MrCaptainBob replies to this I'll have to buy him a beer, he's always answering my questions.


EDIT - Air Conditioner Specs
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1 - HEIL CA1024QKA1 867.806340 - (Mfr Date 6/89)

2 - American Standard Allegiance 10 - (Mfr Date 1/94)

3 - HEIL CA1024QKA1 867.806340 - (Mfr Date 6/89)

[LazyPup]

From the information listed they appear to be 2 ton units.

HVAC equipment is normally in very big demand so the date of installation would probably be one year or less from date of MFG.

It would be nearly impossible to give an estimate cost because there are many variables involved. Prices will vary greatly from one locality to another because of freight and handling charges, warehouse fees, local taxes and such.

There is also a great difference in installation and labor costs from one region to another.

I dont have any current figures but I would suspect the cost of units might be up now because of high demand as a result of the recent hurricanes in florida and carolina's.

To get accurate figures for your locality you would have to call around and get bids.

[Max]

Thanks, I will do that. If demand is up then we can wait until demand is down, the units don't appear to be malfunctioning, they just may not be operating with super efficiency. When we get the system serviced I'm sure the engineers will tell us.