AboutJ Cook Expertise With 25+ years experience, I am familiar with residential, commercial, and industrial HVAC equipment including but not limited to boilers, chillers, reciprocating and screw compressors. I am trained in all manners of control wiring.
Experience I currently have three HVAC licenses and Refrigeration license by the State of North Carolina. I have been in this field for over twenty years. I have been a service technician for a contractor and also worked at a state college in the repair and maintenance of steam lines and equipment. I am currently the Building Maintenance Superintendent for a municipality.
Question I want to build a deck but my outdoor unit (I think it's called a condensor?) is in the way. My question is how far away from the indoor unit can it be moved without affecting it's efficiency, and about how much would it cost me to have it moved?
Answer It would depend on how far away it is now from the indoor unit. Only the manufacturer can state how far away it can be located and what size line set will be required for a given distance. Measure the distance you eventually want it to be including the current distance from the indoor unit and call the manufacturer with this information and see what size lines will be required. If you do not investigate this yourself, you may have a contractor do it that will not install the correct size lines and it will eventually kill the compressor. The line size given will have to be from the outdoor all the way to the indoor unit, not just to the existing line set and to the outdoor units new location. The move will require the electrical to be moved, removal of the refrigerant and recharge if the unit can not be valved off with the charge in it, but the contractor will have to determine this and price it accordingly. Thanks J
