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I had a compressor failure in June 2015 in my outs...

I had a compressor failure in June 2015 in my outside unit. Called A#1 air to come out and take a look. Technician tried a kick start kit for the compressor as a temp fix. Wasn't going to work. So he orders a new compressor for my unit. Parts are under warranty but labor is not. Still cost $1100 to replace just a compressor. I was under the impression that companies were supposed to recover and reuse your refrigerant. If so then why charge $75/pound for my own refrigerant. Anyway new compressor is installed and everything is working great, until end of July and August hottest part of year. Evaporator (inside unit)starts freezing up and no air flow. Does this twice and each time it thaws it floods down stairs. It is an upstairs unit. Now I have Sheetrock in my dining room sagging because the cause of the freezing up is that the technician shorted me about 2lbs of refrigerant. It had enough in it to cool when it was below 90 OK but when it got over 95 it would freeze up. Did it twice this year. Had another company come out and check for leaks , A1 was backed up for a couple days and I didn't want to wait. No leaks, checked the pressures and found they were a little low. Added 2 pounds of refrigerant and everything is working good and no freezing up.

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