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Speaker 1: Hey guys, I actually have Smokey helping me today. Boomer’s over there, too. He’s hanging out over here. We’re looking at a AC units today and we’re talking about the things that can affect the value of an older home. The age of the unit matters a lot even if it’s in working order. Usually we say that the lifespan of a unit is about 10 to 15 years, so if it’s at 10 years, your buyer’s probably going to ask for it to be replaced.

The other problem is, let’s take a look again, is that if you have an older unit that’s about 10 years old, you’re going to have a type of refrigerant that called R22 which is not actually manufactured anymore. It’s getting phased out this year. If you can look at your serial plate here to see what year this was made in. I believe this is the 2015 so this actually has a proper refrigerant in it.

Another problem with this unit, let’s show you, does he see that kind of oil film on the fan. That means this fan is starting to go bad, that there is, the bearings in it starting to [inaudible 00:00:57], throwing the oil and it’s getting overworked. So another thing to check for is to see if any of these lines are frozen, which they are not. That can be a sign of being low on fuel.