O/T Home A/C Advice
#23
I had this conversation with an energy rep from Florida Power a few years back, and he agreed with me that your A/C has to work alot harder to cool your house back down instead of just maintaining a current temp. Anytime you are working your A./C hard you are using more power costing you more money and maintenance for your unit. I would just kick the t-stat up 5 or 10 degrees when you are not home. Wardey
#24
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I've got the Trane two stage blowers. My fan stays on constantly, circulating the air and the compressors only come on every once in a while as the temp rises during the day. My t-stats are programmed to let the temp rise through the day and cool back down by evening (during the week) and I keep it nice and cool on the weekends. BTW, running the fan constantly is like running a 100 watt light bulb. This does not burn much energy. My Electric bills are much less since switching the units this year.





