The AC in this house struggles when the outside temps reach 88F.
My windows crank out, and the opening is too small to put my 10,000 BTU unit in it. So I devised a way to lie it on the floor of the family room, through the sliding door, and fill the top with a hard sheet of polyvinyl foam. It works well, but the house is not secure when it is there so I have to take it out when we leave, and only put it back in when needed.
This past week it has been needed every day. A real PIA. SO I ordered a 14,000 btu dual hose portable, and installed it yesterday morning.
Despite it being 93F it is blowing 53 F air.
It is a 110V unit and can be powered by my generator if there is a power outage.
A couple of weeks ago, I set the thermostat of my attic fan properly, so that is now working nicely. One can really feel the heat being evacuated from the attic if one stands near the exhaust.
I was a bit dismayed, the the house couldn't maintain 72F even with the addition of the portable unit. The indoor temp creeped up to 77F. I used a instant read digital thermometer (that I cook with) to read the temp coming out of the central AC vents. 80F !
I went outside, and the condenser coil fan was blowing, but the compressor wasn't on. I looked all around the condenser coil and the side that one can see from the yard was nice and clean. However, the side facing the house, and one end, was so dirty and matted, that NO air could have been getting through. I took the garden hose to it, and the compressor kicked back on. It must have turned off due to excessive heat, or pressure.
At any rate, the temps coming out of the vents are now in the mid to high fifties.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I suggest that you change your filter if you haven't recently, and clean your condenser coil. If you can get to your evaporator coil, that may benefit from a cleaning too.
My windows crank out, and the opening is too small to put my 10,000 BTU unit in it. So I devised a way to lie it on the floor of the family room, through the sliding door, and fill the top with a hard sheet of polyvinyl foam. It works well, but the house is not secure when it is there so I have to take it out when we leave, and only put it back in when needed.
This past week it has been needed every day. A real PIA. SO I ordered a 14,000 btu dual hose portable, and installed it yesterday morning.
Despite it being 93F it is blowing 53 F air.
It is a 110V unit and can be powered by my generator if there is a power outage.
A couple of weeks ago, I set the thermostat of my attic fan properly, so that is now working nicely. One can really feel the heat being evacuated from the attic if one stands near the exhaust.
I was a bit dismayed, the the house couldn't maintain 72F even with the addition of the portable unit. The indoor temp creeped up to 77F. I used a instant read digital thermometer (that I cook with) to read the temp coming out of the central AC vents. 80F !
I went outside, and the condenser coil fan was blowing, but the compressor wasn't on. I looked all around the condenser coil and the side that one can see from the yard was nice and clean. However, the side facing the house, and one end, was so dirty and matted, that NO air could have been getting through. I took the garden hose to it, and the compressor kicked back on. It must have turned off due to excessive heat, or pressure.
At any rate, the temps coming out of the vents are now in the mid to high fifties.
I suggest that you change your filter if you haven't recently, and clean your condenser coil. If you can get to your evaporator coil, that may benefit from a cleaning too.
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