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We have an ac unit outside, looks like this

https://gshaservices.com/product/comfort-13-carrier-air-conditioner/

So the idiots that put our siding on punctured the coolant line, and we ran it for a few days it was blowing kind of cold air but it never actually cooled upstairs. This was for about a week. Then we have them fix it, but it turns out it was still leaking because they came in again and they had to refill the unit again with R134 or whatever. It ran leaking again for another month. Our power bills went from 380kw to 1600kw for one month

Question is, how much damage is done to the unit running it with no coolant or to the point where it doesn't actually turn off?

We have an ac unit outside, looks like this https://gshaservices.com/product/comfort-13-carrier-air-conditioner/ So the idiots that put our siding on punctured the coolant line, and we ran it for a few days it was blowing kind of cold air but it never actually cooled upstairs. This was for about a week. Then we have them fix it, but it turns out it was still leaking because they came in again and they had to refill the unit again with R134 or whatever. It ran leaking again for another month. Our power bills went from 380kw to 1600kw for one month Question is, how much damage is done to the unit running it with no coolant or to the point where it doesn't actually turn off?

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Get them to run new tubing from the compressor to the condenser. It'll be a few hundred dollars for the line set, but cheaper than them continuing to come out and re-fixing the line and refill the coolant. They might be able to get $20-30 though for the copper in the old line.

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the compressor is in the condenser, you want them to re-run 8 inches of copper?

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I meant to say the evaporator and condenser or compressor. Whichever line (high or low pressure) is leaking.