I have a question regarding what should be the expected cooling performance of an HVAC unit. And I understand things have been warmer than normal, but things just don’t seem right to me and I’d like to be somewhat knowledgeable when the HVAC folks come back out.
The issue is we had a new unit installed in May and does not seem to keep as well as our old dinosaur it replaced. For instance, once temperatures fall how quickly should an HvAC recover. Yesterday we had a high of 96 at the house. With the unit running all day the house temperature climbed to 77. By 9pm the outside temperature was 81 and the inside temperature was 77 (at two different places in the house). By 11pm it had lowered the temperature by only one degreee (76) and by 5am it was 75 degrees outside it had only lowered the house temp to 73.
This morning I have the the unit set to 72, by the time the outside temperature hit 85 the inside temperature started climbing. . . now 74.
Should a new unit keep up better than that? In addition there seems to me to be excessive condensation on the unit (in the basement). We had this problem with the old unit which was one of the reasons for the replacement (because of mold growth). We were told that the new unit should help solve the condensation issue. Also, some of the vents seem to be blowing well and some you can barely feel cool air coming out.
Thanks!
Steve
The issue is we had a new unit installed in May and does not seem to keep as well as our old dinosaur it replaced. For instance, once temperatures fall how quickly should an HvAC recover. Yesterday we had a high of 96 at the house. With the unit running all day the house temperature climbed to 77. By 9pm the outside temperature was 81 and the inside temperature was 77 (at two different places in the house). By 11pm it had lowered the temperature by only one degreee (76) and by 5am it was 75 degrees outside it had only lowered the house temp to 73.
This morning I have the the unit set to 72, by the time the outside temperature hit 85 the inside temperature started climbing. . . now 74.
Should a new unit keep up better than that? In addition there seems to me to be excessive condensation on the unit (in the basement). We had this problem with the old unit which was one of the reasons for the replacement (because of mold growth). We were told that the new unit should help solve the condensation issue. Also, some of the vents seem to be blowing well and some you can barely feel cool air coming out.
Thanks!
Steve