Do you have a contract with them, I get first in live service since with my contract.

Hello Raye - I don't have any contract with them. I want to call another vendor to take a look at it, however I am looking for ideas or questions that I can educate myself and ask to make sure they don't misguide me into doing something that is not really needed.

Thank you so much for your reply and the link to your website.

Thermostat has been at the same setting before all this happened. It also appears to be working correctly. Ecobee3 is what I am using.

Air Vents are in the same position before all this happened. Nothing has changed to restrict air flow. The issue I am having is not enough cold air coming out of the vents vs enough.

Filters replaced before and after this issue.

To your knowledge did the technician evacuate the system when he repaired the leak? When he returned to do it again, did he recover the refrigerant or just capture it inside the compressor?

Thank you for your reply. When he repaired the leak, he didn't evacuate the system, he simply filled it up with Nitros to confirm the leak has stopped and then emptied the Nitros and refilled with refrigerant.

When he returned again, he said that the refrigerant was stuck inside the compressor so he didn't have to capture any, he just connected a pump type device to evacuate the system. He only did it for 5 minutes or so.

Let me start off by saying I am not a pro, I do my own work at my home and rentals and when it gets too deep I have people I call. That said, if he did not evacuate the system after the leak was fixed he could have potentially introduced contaminants and/or air into they system. When you called him back he should have taken that opportunity to evacuate the system completely and pull a vacuum. It takes quite a bit loner than 5 minutes to pull a proper vacuum and even if you can pull vacuum that quickly it should be verified with a set of manifold gauges. Sounds like the guy just wanted to get out of there.

At this point I would call another company out. Tell them to evacuate all the refrigerant, do not capture it in the compressor, it is possible that refrigerant is contaminated. Do a good purge with Nitrogen. Have them install a line drier and then pull a proper vacuum on the system and refill with new clean refrigerant. Assuming you don't have any other system issues this should get you back up and running properly. Don't let that idiot anywhere near you equipment again.

Hello Kevinande - I appreciate your response. I called a new guy and told him exactly what I posted here. He recommended exactly what you had said. I'll tell you what he did and you can tell me what I may have missed.

He came on Sunday 6/14

- He emptied/evacuated all the freon

- Added a vaccum pump and let it run for an hour

- Filled up new freon (R22). The one thing I missed was, he didn't weigh before and after.

- He claims to have filled 9lbs freon (my condensor is outside and the lines run to the attic)

After everything said and done, the A/C started, there were no bubbles displaying in the gauge, the pipe felt cooler not sweating, it definitely felt cooler than the normal warm air. When the A/C was turned on, the current room temperature displayed by my ecobee was 85 and the set range was 80, however the compressor ran non-stop for about 8 hours till I manually turned it off. It dropped from 85 to 81 but it couldn't bring it to 80.

I notified the guy, he said to leave it running till it reaches the desired temperature, then it should cycle on / off as needed. It never hit 80 and I had to manually cycle it on / off.

6/15 - The next day, I let it run again, same thing, as soon as the outdoor temperature was 90, my AC kept running till I manually turned it on / off

6/16 - I decided to try something different, I put a fan towards my thermostat. When I did that, it helped bring the temperature down on the thermostat sensor and allowed the A/C to cycle on and off and maintain 80.

6/17 - I reached out to the guy who came on Sunday, told him what has been going on still. He said time to replace your unit. Other than that he wasn't willing to troubleshoot it further

6/17 - I called another guy who came and checked, said the freon is slightly low. He asked me to capture the temperature on the vents, return and thermostat.

Vents - 80 and Return 83 and Thermostat 86

6/18 - The 3rd guy came and added 1 lb of freon this afternoon. The A/C seems to be cycling on and off however the fan is still pointed towards the thermostat.

Does it sound like I need to swap my Ecobee? I've already reset it 2 times and didn't notice anything different.

Hello Sajeed, my apologies for not responding sooner. I was involved in a traffic collision and have been unable to online until now. and I am not particularly fond of trying to do things on a phone so my online world was paused until I had access to a PC. At any rate have you made any progress since your last posting?

I am no expert either, but I was wondering why you're turning the AC off before it reached the set point? I would let it run until it does reach the set point (obviously overnight but perhaps for several days). Keep a record of the temperature at several locations, including at the thermostat, at the vents, and the outside temperature. If it does go down to the set point, I would lower the set point (to 75?) and repeat. See what the steady-state temperature is.

Hey Guys, sorry for MIA. I had this resolved couple of weeks after my last post. I reached out to another AC Guy who was referred to me by a friend.

He was headed towards my place and I was describing him the chain of events, when I mentioned to him that I could feel the heat coming out of the vent, he's like "I think I know what the problem is, your AC and Heater are both running at the same time".

Turns out the there's some selector switch or limiter switch that had gone bad, he temporarily disconnected the heat and AC started blowing cold air like it was supposed to.

He's due back this month to replace the switch to make sure the house is ready for winter.

Once again, thank you guys for all your help and guidance. I appreciate it.!!