A/C working properly? Cost -> lower temp?

Posted by Don K on July 6, 2007, 7:45 pm

> It's 90 deg. outside, humidity is 37%. The A/C is set to 80 deg. The
> temp in the apartment is at 83 deg, and hasn't gone below that. The A/
> C has been running non-stop for hours. The temp out of the vents is
> colder than the air in the apartment, but not a lot colder. (I don't
> have a thermometer.)

Running for hours could mean anything more than one hour. There's not
much information there. Let it run overnight. If it can't bring the apartment
down to temperature overnight, then there's something definitely wrong
with it.

Don

Posted by on July 6, 2007, 7:47 pm

> Running for hours could mean anything more than one hour. There's not
> much information there. Let it run overnight. If it can't bring the apartment
> down to temperature overnight, then there's something definitely wrong
> with it.
> Don

It's been running non-stop since 12:00 PM, it's 7:46PM, and the temp
is still 83 deg, thermostat still at 80 deg. I would not have said
"hours" if it wasn't...

Posted by over40pirate@aol.com on July 6, 2007, 8:02 pm

I am not a HVAC person, but here are my goodman a/c symtoms, and cure
Goodman 2 1/2 ton split systen
Outside kept running. inside, airhandler fan, wasn't running.
Opening side of airhandler, you could see the coil was frozen, It also
froze part of the condensor coil, outside.

It would be ok for a few days, then freexe up.

The problem was the fan relay, which turns the fan on. It's located in
the airhandler, with the other wiring.

Good luck with it. Someone here might know the problem

Posted by on July 7, 2007, 12:45 am

> I am not a HVAC person, but here are my goodman a/c symtoms, and cure
> Goodman 2 1/2 ton split systen
> Outside kept running. inside, airhandler fan, wasn't running.
> Opening side of airhandler, you could see the coil was frozen, It also
> froze part of the condensor coil, outside.

Outside coil froze up too my ass!

Posted by mm on July 7, 2007, 3:12 am

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:47:19 -0700, carie_r@mail.com wrote:

>> Running for hours could mean anything more than one hour. There's not
>> much information there. Let it run overnight. If it can't bring the apartment
>> down to temperature overnight, then there's something definitely wrong
>> with it.
>> Don

>It's been running non-stop since 12:00 PM, it's 7:46PM, and the temp
>is still 83 deg, thermostat still at 80 deg. I would not have said
>"hours" if it wasn't...

You missed his point, that hours can mean 2 or 200. So we don't know
your personality and what you would have said it if, in your opinion,
it wasn't, and even if you would not have said "hours" if it wasn't,
we still didn't know how many hours. You could have said 7 hours and
that would have been clear.

Don't be snotty, especially when you're asking for free advice.

Is there any chance the fan is on ON, and the thermostat is not
accurate? Turn the thermostat down to 70 and see if goes lower than
it is now.

Also check the outside unit and see if it is making noise, and see if
you can tell if the noise is the fan and the compressor, or just the
fan.

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