From: "Phil Scott" 
Newsgroups: alt.home.repair alt.building.construction misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: York vs. Luxaire vs. Keeprite vs. ??? Furnace
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:55:34 -0800


"Harry Muscle"  wrote in message 
news:1137086493.109075.229590@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I'm in the process of getting a new furnace installed and so 
> far the
> three brands that have been recommended to me have been 
> York, Luxaire,
> and Keeprite.  I've been told that York and Luxaire are 
> virtually the
> same thing since Luxaire is made by York, but Luxaire is 
> supposed to
> cost less.  If anyone could provide me with some feedback 
> about these
> brands that would be great ... are they good, bad, expensive 
> to repair,
> etc.  Or if there's other brands that you'd recommend let me 
> know too.
>
> Btw, I'm located in Ontario, Canada in case that's relevant. 
> Also I'm
> most likely going to go with a standard 80% furnance since 
> the repair
> costs for higher efficiency furnances don't seem to make 
> them worth it.


Most major mfgrs have a clone line.   identical to the their 
first line but painted differently in order to give them a 
broader distrubution base without prostituting the primary 
brand name.

York is fair.
Rheem is better.
Carriers second line Bryant OK.

that other brand might be OK...I dont know it... they will all 
use the same brands of of components, gas valves, and fan 
motors.  Rheem might have a japanese fan motor in it...that 
will be more reliable.




Phil Scott
>
> Thanks,
> Harry
>