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Originally Posted by look 171 View Post
I forget which brand, maybe York or Train, the control is very specific and will only work with that brand or unit. When that goes out, you will need to pay the piper instead of a simple 80-100 dollar generic control such as Honeywell or any other.
Most of the high end units for any manufacturer utilize communicating controls.
Some of the communication protocol is proprietary.

I had to buy a "dumb" condensing unit for a friend last spring. All I needed it to do is turn on when I sent 24 vac to the contactor from the furnace. Coleman is the lesser brand name of York.

This unit had a scroll compressor and was listed as slightly higher noise levels than the higher end. Turns out the higher end had a compressor sound blanket. I bought an aftermarket sound blanket and you can hardly hear the compressor/unit run.
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