Gas and Oil Home Heating Furnaces - Ruptured A/C Coolant line...

Hello,
I pulled a real bonehead move yesterday. I was trimming ivy away from my house with elec hedge trimmers and accidently ruptured the AC refrigerant line going to the outside condenser unit. I wrapped the ruptured copper line temporarily with tape just to keep dirt out. My question is do I risk further damage if I wait until next spring to have it fixed?? My concern is if I have it fixed now but don't use it until next summer and there is a problem, the warranty on the repair will already have expired.

PS: Its not a heat pump. I have gas heat.

Thanks, Steve D.

I would fix it now since you are leaving the compressor and the coils subject to corrosion if left opened. Warranty is not really an issue here, all you have is a simple problem which should take no longer than 5 minutes to repair. plus the time to charge and test the system.

Dont feel bad your not the first to do that.YES I would get it fixed right now. The tape might look good on the line but forget it. You want to get the line fixed so they can pump it down and get any moisture out of there that got in to the line. If you dont you could loss your compressor if you do all of this next year.:o ED

J. Steve Dodson:
I agree with everyone.
If it's fairly cool when the system is recharged it would be a good idea to get the refrigerant level checked when the warm weather hits next year. Maybe you could negotiate a deal with your repair tech.