Hi all! Sure reads like there is a lot of experience here, so hope I can get some help :confused: We are replacing 25 yr. old Bard unit with new Bryant HP. We live in Tampa Bay area. FL. in wood frame home that is 50 yrs. old...so yes! there are still areas that are not "well sealed", but we are doing that & replacing windows as we renovate. The "flat roof" house is only 1100 sq. ft. total and has only 1 central air duct line that runs down center of house; supplies lv.room, bdrm, kit/dng area - there is small office off kit. [no door] as well as pantry/laundry [door usually closed] that have no duct work to them. There is one 8' "offshoot" duct that supplies 2nd bdrm & bath. Otherwise, the main duct is a straight 35' run. The old unit sits on concrete floor in a screened lanai with 1/2 aluminum/1/2 wood roof over. Unfortunately, it receives full sun in summer & the lanai gets very hot! [I don't know if that affects the unit but figured I'd throw in any info that might be pertinent] :rolleyes: A good friend is a Bryant dealer & has been babying our old unit along for 5 years & been very helpful, so we are going to use him for this purchase & installation. I would like to have more info [U]before[/U] we discuss this any further with him. The only thing he has told my husband is that he thinks the middle size unit of one series is what we need - no size 'tonnage' mentioned or price. I looked at several Bryant sites & could only find one "series" that has 3 units. The Preferred series, so quess this is the one he meant. The only thing I could find on this unit is: 650A 2 ton SEER* 13.0 HSPF 8 [low, from what I've read here - but did not see any Bryant unit with 9 - 10 HSPF] it is a Puron unit. [didn't even see any Freon ones - is there big price difference?] Speaking of $$$ could find NO prices on any sites I found, so if anyone has a "guesstimate" I'd be so :D I do not want to overspend or get to large a unit [read on here that that is less cost effective because it cycles on/off to often] I do want one that will be "big" enough to handle our needs. We use the heat very little, so the cooling/humidity is top priority! Does this 2 ton unit sound sufficient for us? I did read on here to "ask your dealer to perform and provide a written Manual J heat/cool load calculation for determining the proper size of new equipment." but, would like a "ballpark base" to work from so we have some general idea of what we might need. Any suggestions, or input would be most appreciated...also any other question we should ask the dealer. Thanks

Is it normal in the summer in a.c. mode for the outside unit to make a large wet spot on the ground looks like water draining out. is this just from the high humidity in the air makeing lots of condensation on the condenser? Seems the last 3 weeks it has been alot more than normal but it has been around 100 for a few weeks and very humid.