Why does th little coiled piece of copper tubing on my AC keep breaking?

Question

I keep hearing the term "hard start", but these hard starts require hours of labor & 4 lbs. of Freon everytime this thing breaks equaling hundreds of dollars in repairs. Am I being ripped off or is this just an unavoidable design flaw that customers have to deal with?

Answer 1

hard start should be used one time to bump off the compressor as far as refridgerant your evap coil is most likely leaking so i dont know what you mean by little piece of copper

Answer 2

Sounds like the repairman is just trying to cover his tracks.

A hard start is the term for a compressor that doesn't easily start and sometimes requires a high MFD start capacitor with a potential relay.All electrical and unrelated to refrigerant.You've been getting the run around,but it appears that you are aware of it.Good luck.