HVAC Question

[indygunguy]

First of all, I know almost nothing about heating and cooling.

I have a copper tube & and insulation wrapped tube that come out of my furnace, up into the basement ceiling, and then outside the house and connect to the heat pump unit.

These tubes vibrate so much that they are driving me insane. I've found all the places I can see where they make contact with the basement ceiling joists, and added insulation between the joists and the pipes... but the house still vibrates slightly, and its making me crazy.
My limited knowledge tells me that any machine that vibrates like this probably has an issue that needs to be addressed. Is there something inside the unit that I need to get to and clean in order to stop this? Or is this a job for someone who actually knows what they are doing?

PS - it does NOT appear to be the blower motor that is giving off this vibration.

Help?

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[churchmouse]

They should not be doing this. The pulse from the condenser should not be audible or even detectable. This is a sign of deeper issues. Get it checked out.
Not sure where you live but shoot me a PM.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Somebody forgot to bring elbows to the install.......

 

[churchmouse]

Somebody forgot to bring elbows to the install.......

I love how they tilted the flu to miss the line set.

 

[scott delaney]

got to love Home Depot/ARS installs.

 

[Jeffforpresident]

Clean your inside coil and make sure it's tight and not vibrating. Double check again that it's not your blower motor, even the smallest movement on those can make things vibrate.

 

[55fairlane]

A heat pump is an air conditioner in reverse, and in our climate can give you fits, get some coil cleaner and rinse/clean out your coils and fins good......an over pressure or under pressure in the unit can cause problems, check the out side fan for vibrations, check the unit to see if it is level and or rocking on its base.....might have to get a tech out to check the pressure differential between the lines to see how well the condenser and pump are working.........

Aaron

 

[churchmouse]

A heat pump is an air conditioner in reverse, and in our climate can give you fits, get some coil cleaner and rinse/clean out your coils and fins good......an over pressure or under pressure in the unit can cause problems, check the out side fan for vibrations, check the unit to see if it is level and or rocking on its base.....might have to get a tech out to check the pressure differential between the lines to see how well the condenser and pump are working.........

Aaron

I got it worked out for him.
Just a question of balance.

 

[2A_Tom]

IN too late but my post was going to be...

PM CM