How much for an installed trane ac/heat unit?
Without knowing what the old unit was, how would anyone know how much difference you will see? The 15SEER unit also requires a Variable Speed Blower. You can not achieve 15 SEER without the Variable Speed. This is a major part of the price difference. Thye variable Speed Blower will take aprox. 150 watts to operate where the PSC motor in standard blowers will require 700 to 900 watts. If you run the blower all the time the variable speed will run at a lower RPM using aprox. 35 watts. This is part of the SEER rating. Now this thing runs year round, so the better SEER you buy, the less to operate. Ask the salesman exactly what the cooling BTUs are then ask him exactly what the heating BTUs are for the heat pumps. Use the “SHOW ME” method, He has the books that list all this information. The humidifier is a “loss leader” for the sale. When you see that the cooling BTUs are as rated but the heating BTUs are only about 83% of the cooling BTUs, call a Rheem dealer for bids and have him show
