used propane furnace

[marvella]

about 5 years ago i had a carrier propane furnace/ ac unit installed in the DW that is a rental unit. the next year propane prices doubled. i'd like to replace it with a heat pump, but what can i do with the old one? sell it? for how much? to who?

TIA!!

[Windy in Kansas]

You might be able to find the owner of house rentals that would buy it. Perhaps someone with a really old furnace might buy it due to a higher efficiency factor.

Make sure you sell it as is or have it inspected by a HVAC company to ensure its safety.

[Old Vet]

You can sell it for as much as you want. The only takers will be junkers that get the metal. I have seen them at auctions go anywhere from $20 to $40 each but I have seen them for $1 and they are luckey to get rid of them. The aluminum will make the worth about $20.

[marvella]

i paid $4500 4 years ago. surely it will go for more than 20 bucks??

[marvella]

Originally Posted by Windy in Kansas

You might be able to find the owner of house rentals that would buy it. Perhaps someone with a really old furnace might buy it due to a higher efficiency factor.

Make sure you sell it as is or have it inspected by a HVAC company to ensure its safety.

it is one of the more efficient models.

[cfabe]

To remove it legally you'll have to pay for someone to remove the refrigerant, too.

You might see about just replacing the air conditioning condenser with a heat pump condenser, and using the relatively new furnace as an air handler with propane backup. should be cheaper than a whole new system and your backup heat will be cheaper than the resistance electric.

[Old Vet]

Originally Posted by marvella

i paid $4500 4 years ago. surely it will go for more than 20 bucks??

That is when it was new and had a warenty. It is not one of the best efecent ones avalible. You can put any price tag on it that you want but you won't have any buyers unless you have a warenty and have it new in the box.

[farminghandyman]

heat pumps are normally only good to about 32 degrees or freezing,

and then you need another source of heat, below that temperature, usually a furnace or jsut resistant electrical heat, and you will need some kind of blower, so I would keep it, as in the future the price of propane may not seem that out of line, as it sounds like other energies will soon catch up with oil.

so my suggestion is to KEEP IT for the "backup" and low temperature heat source.

[Watcher48]

WHat size is it?? how many tons is it rated. I have a carrier now that needs replaced and I'm not far from TN

[marvella]

i pm'd you earlier but it apparently got lost in the most recent breakdown.

i don't know how many tons but it does heat 1700 sf mh. where would i look to find that other info?

[neolady]

We converted our propane furnace to electric with an electric plenum heater.