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Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on May 28, 2007, 10:09 pm
Djavdet wrote:
>> Whoever did the design is an idiot. Assuming that your design temp is 90
>> degrees, and not knowing what you design RH is, a correctly sized system
>> should be able to *MAINTAIN* 75F at 50% RH. Its not designed to bring the
>> house down to that at the design temp, but to maintain that temp at the
>> design temp. That means turn the system on at the thermostat, set it for
>> 75F, and leave it to do its job. Do not turn it off when you leave the
>> house, do not jack the controls around, do not expect the house to go from
>> 90F down to 75F in 20 minutes...thats just not gonna happen, turning the
>> thermostat down further is not going to make the system work any harder,
>> just set the thermostat and let it be.
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> I did run it for the day. did not turn it off and did not play with
> the control. as i said almost no effect. i mean i f i stay on outlet
> yeah it blows cold air but knowing how ac works in the office i'd say
> either air pressure isn't enough or it's not cold enough. i put
> termometer on outlet it showed 71F with 85F outside.. is that good?
He did play with himself! And guess what? It's an anal thermometer
(not termometer)
>
>> FWIW, $4,000 had to be the lowest bidder and they put in the cheapest
>> equipment the installer could find. Care to post make/model/serial numbers
>> to prove me wrong??- Hide quoted text -
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> hey i am not trying to prove anyone wrong.. people in this group
> understand my posts wrong. all i'm trying to do is to gather some info
> since i'm not very experienced in this house stuff...
Right!!!!
>
> on the contract it says Trane XB 2.5
> are you saying that some of the trane models are so much better than
> others so makes sence discuss it with contractor? i think they would
> be happy to sell me more expensive unit but all i heard from them is
> that it's more expensive because of seer number.
> D
>
Could be!
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