a/c seems to run to frequently. I have installed a new thermostat and it still turns on?
Thursday, September 9th, 2010 at
1:23 pm
alot. I added a fan to the hallway where the thermostat is and that doesnt seem to help. I thought maybe it was because there is no vent in the hallway where the thermostat is was the cause to the constant turning on. Almost all the rooms in the house are way colder than the hallway. there is also maybe a 4" hole behind the thermostat could this be a cause? any other ideas are greatly appriciated.
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This one is a little tough because it sounds more like a function of the house, time, and the location of the thermostat.
One option is to turn the fan "on" to constant fan so it is mixing the air in the house constantly even when the a/c cycles off. This will even the temps out in the house until you get a more constant temperature and then it should cycle on and off more normally.
Yes the added fan was a good idea.
It sounds like you may be letting the house get warm then turning it on. It takes time for the house temp to even out since a house is a lot of mass to heat or cool. So at first you will have larger temperature differences and more cycling but over time it should balance.
Something you may have ignored on the new Thermostat is usually there is a setting that says "electric-gas-heat pump/hot water-steam boiler" or something like that on the back. With digitals you tighten or back off the screws to change the setting.
That setting controls how long it runs at a time. I think on digitals it works the same for cooling as for heat. It controls the timing you are talking about. Try a different setting on that.
But other than that it is a function of how the air circulates in the house and we can’t help much with that.
Good Luck.
A THERMOSTAT CAN ONLY REACT TO THE TEMPERATURE AROUND IT. I WOULD DEFINITELY CLOSE THAT BIG HOLE BEHIND IT, AC UNIT MAY BE REACTING TO TEMPERATURES FROM UNUSUAL ACCESS POINTS. TRY THESE, THEN CALL A SPECIALIST IN AC FOR ADVICE.
The theromstat reacts to the air around it so, basically if the rooms are too cold and the hallway is staying warm (but you don’t spend a lot of time in the hallway anyway) then just use trial and error to adjust the temperature up (maybe in 1 or 2 degree increments) until the rooms get to the temperature you feel is most comfortable. By setting the a/c higher it should run less often.
There is no reason for a hole so I would just patch up the hole. I don’t think this is going to affect the thermostat.