Other brands seem to be having their bumps in the road – Trane with Mexican parts, Carrier with evaporator leaks in past years, Yorks with noise. Amana bought out by Goodman. Any info on Rheem? Good bad? Ugly?
My heat pump is old, thinking of a rheem, its a rheem i have now.
thanks
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Way-back in '99 I purchased a Rheem a/c. The main reason for that was it's design and supposed to be much quieter than the others. Since that time...I moved. The new place has a Trane h/p. LOUD !! I miss the Rheem !
Good luck.
My HVAC sub swears by Ruud, and we have installed probably 10-15 Ruud AC units in our projects over the years. I have always been impressed by the quality of the units. They run very quietly, and we have only had one service issue that related to the equipment - one condensing unit had a bad relay once.
Installed 4T Rheem 2 years ago, no problems. Only rework/re-engineering that was needed is 'cause it is mfg primarily for AC, so internal manufactured slopes are for draining condensate during AC operation. In Heat pump operation, condensate drains from evaporator straight onto the painted/galvanazied framework - needed to add some plastic drip channels, which is not too easy too do as the clearances between the coils and frame are small (as it should be for efficient operation) .
Otherwise, quiet, heats 5300 sq ft with it in Seattle area for $100/month in worst months (Jan/Feb).
I don't know much about heat pumps but I always thought that they operated in the heat mode by reversing the function of the evaporator and condenser coils. In both modes the flow of air over in inside coil remains the same direction, so I don't understand why the condensate flow would be affected. Also, if in the heating mode you are adding heat to the air and thus increasing the airs moisture holding capacity ( Relative humidity % would drop when air is heated ) how do you produce condensate? I just would like to increase my understanding of how systems operate in the real world vs theory.
Spent a week around Seattle a few years back, great place but watch out for the pine beetle.
In heating mode the outside coil get cold and can form condensate and even freeze.
Some, if not all units have a defrost cycle.
Installed Ruud a/c and propane heater in 1999. Not one problem yet. I am most impressed with a/c unit, just a seer 10 unit with centrifical compressor, but our cooling cost this summer was only about $20/month to hold a 1500 sq-ft house at 70 degrees in the mountains of NC.
Had some concerns when system was installed because system was not evacuated prior to opening precharged condenser. Installer assured me that this was just fine, still kind of think he was blowing smoke, but I can't complain about the systems performance. Any thoughts out there about this practice?