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    joshnwindy Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Jul 19, 2008, 09:17 PM
    Installing heat pump
    I'm installing a new heat pump and coils, my contractor sais I don't need to install a new air handler, is true that it will be OK?
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    Jul 19, 2008, 10:28 PM
    You don't have to get a new air handler, as long as they can make the new coil fit into the old air handler. I would advise replacing the air handler as well, only a couple hundred bucks more, and you know you have all new parts, and nothing to worry about for awhile.
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