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Why you think the AC is oversized?

If your AC is too large for your house, you should find at least one of the 3 issues that follow:

1. Your air conditioner turns on and off automatically

2. Your air conditioner will not extract moisture

3. Your electricity costs are higher

We will go into more depth about each of these problems in this post, and how to address them.

Let's begin with issue #1...

Issue # 1: The AC automatically switches on and off

Is your AC cooling up your home on a hot afternoon in 10 minutes or less?

If so, that can mean that you have an over dimensional air conditioner.

Since an over-sized AC is too strong for your home, it can cool your home quickly and then shut down, which can increase your energy bills and wear out your AC (from all the starting and stopping points).

Issue # 2: Not extracting moisture from your air conditioner

One of the functions of your AC system is to remove moisture from the air in your home which is essential in those summers in Sarasota.

A correctly designed AC would have a temperature of about 30–50 percent indoors. But to dehumidify the air in your home your AC must run cycles of regular duration.

As we discussed in the first issue, an over dimensional AC can constantly turn on and off. So if an AC turns off continuously it won't work long enough to extract moisture from the warm air in your house.

So, if you feel very hot at home, it may mean it your AC is overweight.

Issue # 3: The energy bills are higher

As we described in the first issue, an over-sized AC would sometimes very quickly cool your home and then turn off.

This not only wears out your AC components but it can also raise your energy bills.

You see, there are several motors in your AC which run different components (like the compressor and blower). And all these engines gain more power when starting compared to when running. And if your AC often turns on and off, the motors in your AC use more power than they should, as I do

And, if you experienced a steady increase in energy bills, you could have an overweight air conditioner.

"Why is it that my AC is so big? Telling yourself how you got into this plight?

Okay, long story short, it's probably because a "cooling load calculation" was not done by the tech which installed your AC.

A estimate of the cooling charge takes into account such factors as:

• The home's square footage

• The number of rooms within your house

• The number of windows and doors you have at home

• Climate in which you live

• The degree of insulation inside your home

• State of the duct work in your home (i.e., has it leaked?)

• And more.

• A tech can only reliably suggest an AC size for your home in the light of all the above factors. But sadly, when installing a new AC, many HVAC techs either don't know how to do a cooling load calculation, or just miss it.

• Why should a tech miss a measurement of cooling loads?

• Imagine that your old AC is 3 tonnes. The tech can think you 'd just need to replace the 3-ton AC with a new 3-ton system.

Condensate hack job.

by Jason Hundertmark

Condensate hack job.

by Jason Hundertmark

Condensate hack job.

by Jason Hundertmark

Condensate hack job.

by Jason Hundertmark