A Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, homeowner was without AC after a roughly 15-year-old condenser locked up and began tripping the breaker. A new capacitor and hard-start kit had not fixed it. In a thread from August 2026, the homeowner was looking for a way forward.
The homeowner had $5,000 to $8,000 quotes for a 4-ton condenser and attic coil, without a furnace. A $9,000 quote covered a complete AC system with a furnace. The homeowner had initially said the furnace was working fine, which made the extra equipment the question worth examining.
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The Quotes
The homeowner described the $5,000-to-$8,000 range as quotes for the condenser and attic evaporator coil. Those quotes did not include replacing the furnace. The homeowner said all the quotes came with a 10-year manufacturer warranty, but did not list the installation work…