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Posted by Tvfarmer on June 5, 2006, 12:45 pm
scott21230@gmail.com wrote:
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> I'm curious as to why you bother leaving the A/C on if you are going to
> be away from home for several days. Seems like a waste of electricity
> to me.
I don't know where in S. FL they are but I lived there in
Plantation(near Ft Lauderdale) for 8 yrs and ants got into my contactor
on the compressor and fried it(ac guy said it was common there). The
ac was out for two days I left for work in the morning and when I came
home that night there was a teepee of tiles that poped running accross
the middle of my family room. From the expansion. So it may not be a
waste of elec.
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Posted by Bishoop on June 5, 2006, 4:48 pm
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> I'm curious as to why you bother leaving the A/C on if you are going to
> be away from home for several days. Seems like a waste of electricity
> to me.
Here in Florida and other humid areas it is a good idea to leave the A/C on.
But the setting can be something on the order of 80*, just to keep the
humidity down in the home. Otherwise mildew will be a worse problem than
the small amount $ spent to keep the A/C running.
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Posted by scott21230 on June 6, 2006, 10:28 am
Bishoop wrote:
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> > I'm curious as to why you bother leaving the A/C on if you are going to
> > be away from home for several days. Seems like a waste of electricity
> > to me.
> Here in Florida and other humid areas it is a good idea to leave the A/C on.
> But the setting can be something on the order of 80*, just to keep the
> humidity down in the home. Otherwise mildew will be a worse problem than
> the small amount $ spent to keep the A/C running.
I live in a humid area (Baltimore) and would be OK leaving my AC off
all summer if my house were unoccupied. Having said that, the OP's
real problem is that they do not want to leave on an unreliable A/C
unit when they are away on vacation. In this situation I'd probably
just get a dehumidifier and use it and leave the A/C off. Assuming
that they could find a way to get it to drain into a drain, it should
be OK.
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Posted by CJT on June 5, 2006, 8:47 pm
Les wrote:
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> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I have thermostat with battery backup, but have not seen any low battery
> messages. Furthermore I changed batteries each year June 1, so that cannot
> be the problem.
>
> Regarding the other 2 suggestions to check out, can a tech determine if they
> are a problem if the compressor is currently working? If not, should I just
> wait for house to heat up again, see that the air handler is working and
> compressor is not working, and then wait for a service tech?
>
I think a typical tech presented with a device that appears to be
working, but which is known to experience intermittent failures,
will just start replacing the likely components. That might work,
or it might just be an expensive waste of time.
You might be better off waiting for it to fail, and exercising your
own best powers of observation (e.g. is anything buzzing? smelling
like it's burning? is there anything unusual on the thermostat's
status display? etc.)
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Posted by Richard J Kinch on June 5, 2006, 3:26 pm
Les writes:
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> Anyone have a similar problem with a problem such as this? Any
> suggestions??
Another possible diagnosis: condenser fan motor has sticky bearings,
doesn't start reliably, unit overheats and shuts down.
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> be away from home for several days. Seems like a waste of electricity
> to me.