Where are you buying a 2 stage vac pump for cheaper than having someone else do it? Cheapest I can find a proper vac pump is like $650 and that’s because it’s a cheap model, the guys at the supply house like me, and they haven’t been able to actually move any of that particular stock in 2 years. Add a micron gauge plus manifold and you’re easily in $1000 on tools.
If I was professionally doing a vac and charge on equipment someone already had installed it’d probably cost them like $400-$500 depending on drive time. Thats also assuming the system was leak free and the customer understood that my company wouldn’t give any warranty on equipment we didn’t install. But that’s also commercial refer mechanic pricing so a residential HVAC tech should be even cheaper.
Also I agree on the linesets. I hate seeing the coils of spare lineset. But if I didn’t already have all the tools required to run custom linesets then I’d probably just buy the precharged lines and deal with it vs spending +$1000 on the tools or having them professionally run.
Where are you buying a 2 stage vac pump for cheaper than having someone else do it? Cheapest I can find a proper vac pump is like $650 and that’s because it’s a cheap model, the guys at the supply house like me, and they haven’t been able to actually move any of that particular stock in 2 years. Add a micron gauge plus manifold and you’re easily in $1000 on tools.
If I was professionally doing a vac and charge on equipment someone already had installed it’d probably cost them like $400-$500 depending on drive time. Thats also assuming the system was leak free and the customer understood that my company wouldn’t give any warranty on equipment we didn’t install. But that’s also commercial refer mechanic pricing so a residential HVAC tech should be even cheaper.
Also I agree on the linesets. I hate seeing the coils of spare lineset. But if I didn’t already have all the tools required to run custom linesets then I’d probably just buy the precharged lines and deal with it vs spending +$1000 on the tools or having them professionally run.