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

Posted by on July 7, 2007, 4:13 am

> On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:47:19 -0700, cari...@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.

You've got to be kidding. Enough "hours" that any human who has ever
used A/C would recognize that there's a problem. Here's what he
said:
"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."

Gee, do you really think there's something wrong if it can't get down
to 80 deg overnight??? (It would do that with open windows and no A/
C.) I think I was more than polite.

The fan is on "Auto," so as to not recirculate air through vents in a
hot attic when the compressor isn't on.

Posted by BobK207 on July 7, 2007, 5:28 am

On Jul 7, 1:13 am, cari...@mail.com wrote:

> > On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:47:19 -0700, cari...@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.

> You've got to be kidding. Enough "hours" that any human who has ever
> used A/C would recognize that there's a problem. Here's what he
> said:
> "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."
> Gee, do you really think there's something wrong if it can't get down
> to 80 deg overnight??? (It would do that with open windows and no A/
> C.) I think I was more than polite.
> The fan is on "Auto," so as to not recirculate air through vents in a
> hot attic when the compressor isn't on.

OP-

Your original post was unclear as to exactly how many "hours" it had
been running 2? 3? 6?

Trying to determine AC performance without thermometer is futile

Oh & for clarity don't use 12:00PM ....use noon or midnight to avoid
confusion

Clearly your AC unit is not working....for a 800 sq ft apt get a
window unit. It's in your interest to reduce the operating costs you
can easily save the cost of the unit in a few months.

cheers
Bob

Posted by on July 7, 2007, 11:13 am

> On Jul 7, 1:13 am, cari...@mail.com wrote:

...

> Oh & for clarity don't use 12:00PM ....use noon or midnight to avoid
> confusion

...

> cheers
> Bob

I wouldn't want advice from someone who didn't know, clearly, without
having to think about it for an instanct, that 12:00PM is noon, and
12:00AM is midnight.

Posted by on July 7, 2007, 12:04 pm

> On Jul 7, 1:13 am, cari...@mail.com wrote:

> > > On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:47:19 -0700, cari...@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.

> > You've got to be kidding. Enough "hours" that any human who has ever
> > used A/C would recognize that there's a problem. Here's what he
> > said:
> > "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."
> > Gee, do you really think there's something wrong if it can't get down
> > to 80 deg overnight??? (It would do that with open windows and no A/
> > C.) I think I was more than polite.
> > The fan is on "Auto," so as to not recirculate air through vents in a
> > hot attic when the compressor isn't on.

> OP-
> Your original post was unclear as to exactly how many "hours" it had
> been running 2? 3? 6?

Geez.... $320 electric bill people.

Come-on... are you all clueless???????

Posted by mm on July 7, 2007, 5:36 am

On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:13:10 -0700, carie_r@mail.com wrote:

>> On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:47:19 -0700, cari...@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.

>You've got to be kidding.

No I"m not. Plenty of idiots post here. How do we tell who is an
idiot and who isn't? Even half or more of the seemingly smart people
fail to give enough information in their first post. EVen things they
already know.

We had one a couple days ago who dribbled out the important
information a little at a time until most people had I'm sure stopped
reading the thread before all the important facts were in.

> Enough "hours" that any human who has ever
>used A/C would recognize that there's a problem.

And did you say that you had ever used AC before?

And again, you hadn't said how many hours. We can't read your mind.

What you think that any buman (who has ever used AC) would recognize
might well not be what someone else thinks.

> Here's what he
>said:
> "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."
>Gee, do you really think there's something wrong if it can't get down
>to 80 deg overnight??? (It would do that with open windows and no A/
>C.) I think I was more than polite.

You were no way "more than polite". I think you were less than polite.
You told him how many hours and then said "I would not have said
"hours" if it wasn't..." as though he is supposed to know you
personally and know you how reliably you report the facts. As if he
had insulted you and you had to make it clear that you didn't deserve
the insult. I woudn't have given the reply he did , but he didn't
insult you. He explained why "hours" wasn't enough, and then he made
a suggestion, to run it overnight, I presume because you first posted
at 7:24PM Eastern Time.

And even if you are 100% reliable, you still don't get it that
different people have different ideas of what is enough time for
things to cool down. It's inevitable that at least a few of them will
think that too little time is enough. How do we know you're not in
that category?

Most people, when they said hours and the other person said, in
whatever words, How many hours?, would just have replied, "Sorry.
Seven."

>The fan is on "Auto,"

Good to know.

>so as to not recirculate air through vents in a
>hot attic when the compressor isn't on.

The reason is fine, but even someone who intends to keep his fan on
Auto, for whatever reason, might accidentally knock it to ON. Or he
might put it to ON for testing and forget that he did so. Just
yesterday someone posted about flipping a switch and not remembering a
that he did. That's why it's important to check.

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