Question for those who know how air conditioning works

[adrenalated]

^^^ yep - it will run constantly as long as the air temp in the room is warmer than whatever you set the temp at on the unit. Setting it to a lower temp won't make it cool faster.

[Danno]

right, but if I want the room at 66, I can get it there in the evening, when it's still hot outside. If I can't keep it there when I sleep, and have to set it up to, say, 70, so be it.

[adrenalated]

Or you could just take a blanket off your bed and set it at 70-75. Unless you're part eskimo.

[Danno]

Or you could just take a blanket off your bed and set it at 70-75. Unless you're part eskimo.

have you ever heard the phrase "happy wife, happy life"?

[uglymoney]

Actually scratch everything I've said up to now. Dump that weak sauce A/C and get yourself a residential walk in refrigerator.

[that dude who did that thing]

I don't know how A/C works.

I am posting this mainly because I hope Danno has put me on his ignore list, and he wonders "what is that ass posting now?" long enough that it bothers him enough to decide to read my shit anyway. And if it turns out that this is a failure, all I've wasted is 42 seconds, and a few electrons.

[AK47bp]

as long as your the one making her happy, you understand K I S S.

Keep It Stupid Simpleton

[Snow Dog]

Stick a thermometer in the AC (inside) and measure the temperature. It should be 60F or colder. If it's blowing warm air the it's lost refrigerant and need to get taken to recycling. Window AC units can work pretty good -- they recirculate inside air and cool it while using outside air to transfer heat. It's too warm for freezing to occur.

When you turn on the AC in the evening to cool a room you're trying to cool the entire building mass -- the furniture, the walls, the floor, the ceiling. You're asking a lot from a small AC unit. Try leaving it on the entire day. If you keep the room cool then the air will be cool.

If you have a portable unit then most have a single exhaust hose which takes room air and blows it through the hot radiator to the outside . That draws hot air from the rest of the house and defeats the purpose.

[concretejungle]

Pimpest trailer in the park.

[old goat]

Yep - except there is no point in cranking it during the day. The compressor is either on or off so cranking the thermostat down just tells the compressor not to cycle and when it is warm the unit likely doesn't freeze because the compressor can't cool the refrigerant enough to get the coils below freezing and you are also blowing warm air from the room over the coils keeping them thawed . At night the compressor can run more efficiently so it cools the refrigerant more and the air from inside blowing over the coils is cooler so it freezes up.

Do you think you could explain to my wife that turning the thermostat up to 90 won't heat the house any faster than turning it up to 70 (assuming one stage furnace.)? She won't believe me.

[iceman]

You're on your own there, you'll never be able to sell that. But at least it doesn't hurt anything turning it way up. Just pay attention and turn it back down when it's warm enough for her. She thinks she won but you ultimately win. The art of compromise.

[Cruiser]

Life lessons from Iceman. Hell yeah!

[communication]

Oh, the problem with the breakdown of air conditioners will probably be eternal. So, my dream is buying a universal air conditioner and making it work without problems. But this is impossible, and I have already studied my air conditioner inside from all sides, and soon, I will become a professional in this issue.

[Harry]

WTF is with 1-post JONG-bots bumping old threads ?


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[Timberridge]

^^It's the Chinese. Spook's trip to Yueyang was far from innocent. These posts are testing the robustness of the TGR servers to attack.

Btw, did Danno ever get this sorted out?

[iceman]

Well at least they're picking actual names instead of just being m-series jongs like a few of the real (at least I think they're probably real) people on here.

[iceman]

It's all due to magnates.

Right? Well, the magnates and the Russians.

[Timberridge]

Well at least they're picking actual names instead of just being m-series jongs like a few of the real (at least I think they're probably real) people on here.

Any username starting with communi- is a dead giveaway that the organization is communist.

[Danno]

^^It's the Chinese. Spook's trip to Yueyang was far from innocent. These posts are testing the robustness of the TGR servers to attack.

Btw, did Danno ever get this sorted out?

I did. It's called central ac.

[exsparky]

If you have $11 get an ac trouble shooting guide. It's so freaking handy. You just move the slide to your problem and it tells you what it could be.

Bottom left.

DO IT.

http://hvaccharts.com/

[El Chupacabra]

Communication breakdown. It's always the same

[XXX-er]

Move narth and your ac troubles will be over

[El Chupacabra]

Move narth and your ac troubles will be over

Go west
Life is peaceful there
Go west
Lots of open air

[mcski]

Doesn’t China have a fan in a closet somewhere that could get turned off?

[ma4c09]

Tell me about it. My wife grew up in Arizona and has no concept of how to cool a house using open windows and window ac units. She's used to 100% conditioned air year round with a thermostat.

Just like my wife, she's used to air conditioning. While I want to turn it off and breathe normal air.