Timeline for My AC is set to 77F and the thermostat reaches that temperature but the AC keeps running. Why?
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| Sep 16, 2017 at 14:43 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Yeah, oversizing a HVAC system is just as bad if not worse than undersizing, as the system will then short-cycle and fail to pull the indoor coil down to the dew point, which leaves you with a cool but extremely muggy house as the humidity is no longer condensing out on the indoor coil, but staying in the air instead. | |
| Sep 16, 2017 at 11:03 | comment | added | SomeoneSomewhereSupportsMonica | Sizing is a lot more complex than this. Insulation, climate, design, other heat load all pay as large a part as plain old floor area. 400sqft per ton is a lazy worst-case estimate. | |
| Sep 16, 2017 at 10:13 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Sep 16, 2017 at 9:55 | history | answered | Angela Davis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |