UPDATE
Purchased a replacement system from All Year Cooling in Ft Lauderdale Florida and they went well beyond what any contractor would do to satisfy my needs with no hidden fees and at the right price. All Year even moved my outdoor system finally(AT NO CHARGE) after replacing it 5 time because of noise. What the manufacturers cant do by quiet startup on scroll compressors All Year Cooling and Heating in Ft Lauderdale came through. In this age of rip off contractors Tom Smith deserves the medal of Honor.
Very noisy new air conditioner 2 different brands (1st Rheem and then Trane xl16i)5 compressors and its still very noisy. All in the first year of a installation reinstall. When it starts up you can hear inside the house, a loud boom followed by a dc3 sound emminating from the outside then in calms down a bit. It wakes me on the opposite side of the house everytime it starts up. The last compressor was installed and was smooth and quiet until (He started up the system it was fine then he charged the system to its full pressure) I raised the thermostat to the normal setting of 78 we left the house for about 3 hours. The first time it went on when we got home "Boom". What in the world can be the problem? The condensing unit is outside the air handler is in the attic. Both new. No problem w/ air handler. All Year Heating & Cooling is the BEST. They won't give up they will solve this problem!!!!!!!! Update they are coming to replace the copper lines which are resonating in the attic. Maybe this is an answer?If still noisy they will replace the entire unit. What personal resposibility they have!
Update: 3 am I heard an airplane flying by woke me. But it never went past the house? Got up went to dining room wall and the noise got louder. Turned off the AC and noise dissapeared. Went back to bed. Can it really be that all of these compressors are bad?YES!!!
They replaced the copper lines and it got worse. The very next day they are putting in another new outside unit. What a company.
UPDATE
The new outside unit was replaced the following day as promissed. Its the first compressor in 6 changes that is normal and quiet while running. On start up there is still a boom followed by pulsating in the lines in the attic for a short period of time then it is quieter. Outside no noise. AH! Now I hear a double noise outside on startup. It sounds like a very large loud solinoid. Anyhow All Year is going to relocate the outside unit at no cost to me. What a great guy.
