You are at 27 degrees, I am only trying to keep it at 24, so it’s not like I am trying to make an igloo in the houseSome perspective maybe. Like the smartphone I don't have AC in my house (honestly I'm not a luddite) and it's 82 degrees in here.
Not minding it much, at least not enough to turn on a fan.
Grr. Back to the siding thread of it's so hard to find someone that gives a crap. Even harder to find someone that gives a crap and is competent. My furnace install had them reuse an undersized boot (elbow) going into the furnace and blocking off ~20% of the filter area because that was easier. No measurements taken of anything. Grr. I ended up buying my own manometer (carb board wasn't sensitive enough) so I can mess around with SP. I will make up a new return drop and boot once things open up and I can buy some sheet metal easily. I haven't decided whether to pickup a combustion analyzer or just clock the meter and call it good enough. I don't know why I bother paying anyone. They all bleeping suck. Stupid ticket to hang on the gas pipe. How come mouth breathers can hang the ticket and I can't? Honestly, they looked for bubbles. That was the extent of their commissioning. Mine even had bad bearing in the inducer fan at install and the tech said it was normal so I had to bump it up the chain to get a new fan for the new furnace.So initially the yearly maintenance guy came, Not sure what he measured or what he actually did, he was outside, I did see he used my hose to wash the ac unit on the outside, he did have some panel off a bunch of electrical stuff was there, not sure if or what he hooked up to that, I did not see if he hooked up any gauges to measure level of gas.
once in the house he took my brand new filter and put it in even though my old one was is only 6 months in use, it’s a 5 inch filter it’s not dirty…
and that was it
i did tell him my concerns, but he said he only does maintenance and he is not a Tech, but he will make an appointment for a tech to come out and address my concerns
Tech came out, came into house, I told him about what is going on, he asked where is the thermostat, showed him, he looked at the settings, said this is your problem, it was was set to ac overcool max, he turned that off and stormed out of house, I told him that is not the problem, but he left.
so 2-3 days now I have left it as he set it and the bloody AC still runs 3-5 hours to drop a degree
just this afternoon, tstat is set for 24degrees, it hit 24.5, ac turned on, it started at 2:30, it turned off at 4:30, it takes 2 hours to drop a half degree
there is something wrong, at least in my mind….maybe I am wrong and I am nuts….
i did tell him my concerns, but he said he only does maintenance and he is not a Tech, but he will make an appointment for a tech to come out and address my concerns...
Tech came out...said this is your problem, it was was set to ac overcool max, he turned that off and stormed out of house, I told him that is not the problem, but he left.
You're a funny guy. Have you actually seen test ports in a house before? I never have and I look at every one I see. Physical install and run.The ducting near your HVAC unit should have a few ports plugged by rubberish inserts that you can poke this into and monitor the temps.
So if you set it at 24C for e.g but do not see 24C being pushed out by the unit after 20-30 mins...it might help narrow down the problem to the unit itself.
You're a funny guy. Have you actually seen test ports in a house before? I never have and I look at every one I see. Physical install and run.
House was up to 78 at 19:00 last night when I kicked a/c on. It was still running at 01:00 and hadnt got to 73 yet. At some point after that it satisfied.
Are these maintenance and tech people the same one's (company) who installed this unit? Did you pay for this recent service etc.
Amazing. I believed you that you had them, I was just shocked. Especially without specifically requesting someone to properly assess system performance.Strange - I have 4 of these ..2 located around 6 feet away from the unit and 2 right next to the ducting by the unit:
Maybe it is because I live in an older house?
This is what I did - used Enbridge to purchase the unit from and have them come by once a year to service/inspect it (usually just before winter) based on the maintenance plan in place.
How big are the holes? The plugs look big. Normally test ports are ~1/4". Holes 3/4" or so are often duct cleaning (feed in an air hose to flap around and bang dust loose).