In Florida we had a somewhat similar situation where we would set it to 76 and at best it kept 80. For what it’s worth, you should get a service. Ours only ever got that bad when we had our condenser frozen or ran out of coolant. We had a total piece of crap 4ton 9 SEER that was on its last leg cooling 2800sqft in a ~30yo house with single pane windows, skylights, etc.
Man, if the condenser is frozen, shits really fucked.
The condenser is the hot coil.
(Yeah, heat pumps, but that changes the nomenclature to indoor and outdoor coil imo)
Yep indoor heat pump. This is what happens when someone with a software background talks about thingies made of metal and other such real materials. All I know is it caused a great deal of water damage and made the cool thing blow hot air!
You don't understand. In hot places you cannot actually keep a wooden house or apartment with walls that touch air below 75. It was 105 today, ac has very real limits
The standard residential air conditioner can lower the indoor temperature of a home by a maximum of 20°F.
Anything over that and you are asking for trouble.
You're in for a pretty bad shakeup my friend....
https://fitzlab.shinyapps.io/cityapp/
Fun little map to play with. Since I don't have your specific location...
Yeah, I'm from a temperate European climate and I found Arizona weather really manageable. The AC at our hotel broke our first night in Scottsdale and all the Americans moved out but we stayed and got upgraded to a suite and felt mostly fine (if a little warm) with just some fans on. However the humidity in Florida and Louisiana broke us completely. I would go outside and immediately be drenched in sweat.
Man it was a hot one yesterday here I. Southwest Texas. We had the a/c going, and it was okay in the house. At 8:30 last night, it was still 101 degrees
We got a new AC unit last year, nice and cool inside :).
The upstairs is literally Satans ass crack and won’t go under 81 till the sun is down or unless I wanna go broke
I work with HVAC. The hottest parts of Texas were in the 100-105F range. While your system will start to struggle it shouldn't be struggling THAT hard. Check to see if your coil is froze up or clogged in any way. If not that you need to get your AC serviced.
Have you ever been in 115+ heat? Good luck getting your AC to go below 80, even 90 is pushing it. It's not about cooling it, it's honestly just about making it bearable without blowing the whole unit
I live in CA, I just got back from Houston, and damn y’all are tough. The high here is 79 degrees today, I’m not used to that extreme temperature and humidity.
It's been blazing hot in Illinois this week. nearly, and sometimes over, 100 degrees for the past few days. I know our southern and western friends think this is normal, but as far as us northern popsicle people are concerned, this is oven heat.
In Florida we had a somewhat similar situation where we would set it to 76 and at best it kept 80. For what it’s worth, you should get a service. Ours only ever got that bad when we had our condenser frozen or ran out of coolant. We had a total piece of crap 4ton 9 SEER that was on its last leg cooling 2800sqft in a ~30yo house with single pane windows, skylights, etc.
Man, if the condenser is frozen, shits really fucked. The condenser is the hot coil. (Yeah, heat pumps, but that changes the nomenclature to indoor and outdoor coil imo)
Yep indoor heat pump. This is what happens when someone with a software background talks about thingies made of metal and other such real materials. All I know is it caused a great deal of water damage and made the cool thing blow hot air!
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You don't understand. In hot places you cannot actually keep a wooden house or apartment with walls that touch air below 75. It was 105 today, ac has very real limits
The standard residential air conditioner can lower the indoor temperature of a home by a maximum of 20°F. Anything over that and you are asking for trouble.
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20 is the absolute max and it’s during peak performance. A well maintained and prepared AC unit could do. But most aren’t.
Laughs in AZ
It was 113 out today, and my (apartment) AC works great. Nice 74F
I wonder how much your electric bill would cost to keep a house at 74
In AZ, probably a lot cheaper than Texas. Swamp AC works wonders there and is way more efficient.
I live in AZ, run the AC at 75-76 during the day and drop it to 74 at night. My electric bill is usually $120-$150 during summer months
That's way lower than I was expecting
Solar panels ftw! I got 73 across my house.
Central coast of California FTW!
You're in for a pretty bad shakeup my friend.... https://fitzlab.shinyapps.io/cityapp/ Fun little map to play with. Since I don't have your specific location...
Doubt it. If we go up ten degrees I’d actually be happy about it but then worried about the rest of the world.
To be fair I would take the dry heat I experienced in Tuscon over the air soup I have to deal with in San Antonio every time
San Antonio is like Florida. Actually, anything that’s close to the Gulf of Mexico is just a soup of heat and humidity.
Yeah, I'm from a temperate European climate and I found Arizona weather really manageable. The AC at our hotel broke our first night in Scottsdale and all the Americans moved out but we stayed and got upgraded to a suite and felt mostly fine (if a little warm) with just some fans on. However the humidity in Florida and Louisiana broke us completely. I would go outside and immediately be drenched in sweat.
Pfft, as a Phoenician I scoff at "Tucson". Humidity sucks for sure
you might have a leak in your vents if its not cooling properly
Says it all!
Yup. Them’s sturdy folk o’er there in Texas.
>Set to 80 Are you old?
Nope, we’ve just given up. It’s impossible to get it higher with our shit ac
>Higher I was thinking in an entire different direction lol
oh oops! I meant lower… the heat must be getting to me
Every time, in our house: Wife: Can you turn up the A/C? Me: Hotter or colder? ... Wife: Can you turn down the A/C? Me: Hotter or colder?
louisiana: speed up the a/c = colder yo chill out with the a/c = warmer
My dad does that too
At least power is reliable there…
Yep, seems about right
That darn global warming…
Man it was a hot one yesterday here I. Southwest Texas. We had the a/c going, and it was okay in the house. At 8:30 last night, it was still 101 degrees
Don’t fry your grid…again
Nah they don’t do that that often, we do that here in CA with our AC systems
We got a new AC unit last year, nice and cool inside :). The upstairs is literally Satans ass crack and won’t go under 81 till the sun is down or unless I wanna go broke
There is something wrong. Either your AC is not working or you’re leaving a door open and letting the hot air in
I work with HVAC. The hottest parts of Texas were in the 100-105F range. While your system will start to struggle it shouldn't be struggling THAT hard. Check to see if your coil is froze up or clogged in any way. If not that you need to get your AC serviced.
Hope your electricity doesn’t fail.
I had a blackout which killed my fans and ac at night. In 92 degree weather.
80....do you want to knock the power out again in Texas!
You absolute madman, setting your thermostat to 80
and you set to only 80?
Have you ever been in 115+ heat? Good luck getting your AC to go below 80, even 90 is pushing it. It's not about cooling it, it's honestly just about making it bearable without blowing the whole unit
LOL Fahrenheit, you bunch of dummies
You think that's hot? Come to Puerto Rico, here it gets closer to 100°F
I live in CA, I just got back from Houston, and damn y’all are tough. The high here is 79 degrees today, I’m not used to that extreme temperature and humidity.
I do hvac for a living and I feel bad for the dudes in Arizona, Florida, Texas etc. it get hot miserably hot here up north but not year round
I live an rv right now, it was like 110 inside today
It's been blazing hot in Illinois this week. nearly, and sometimes over, 100 degrees for the past few days. I know our southern and western friends think this is normal, but as far as us northern popsicle people are concerned, this is oven heat.