Here's the quick and dirty:
New system put into our house in 2014 - 85% furnace and 16 SEER AC unit - Bryant
Routine, annual checks performed by the installer for the first 3 years, and I have performed them these last 2 years
Every summer, I don't feel the system is really running like it should and our house just never really seems as cool as it should - install company always just said it's really hot out and the system checks fine
A few days ago, the fan speed on the AC unit is running like at 30% of what it should run and I think a capacitor is out - we call and have them come out
Service tech says it is indeed the capacitor and replaces and then leaves - doesn't check anything else
My dad ran his own HVAC company 25 years ago, so I know a little about systems
My supply temp is 65 degrees steady and my return air temp is 75 degrees steady - shouldn't this temp swing be more than 10 degrees? It seems to me if it's not more than 10 degrees, the system isn't working right and I'm wasting a boat load of energy with a system trying to work harder than it should.
Our thermostat is been set to 72 since the capacitor has been replaced at 5 today, and the thermo inside temp reading is 77 and it really hasn't budged since the guy left.
So, my main question is: Should the swing in temp between the supply air and return air be more than 10 degrees? I'm thinking it should be 15-20 degrees, no?
Second question: What else might be wrong with it? I'm going to have to tell this company what is wrong with it before they fix it - I hope not, but feel that way.
Thanks!
New system put into our house in 2014 - 85% furnace and 16 SEER AC unit - Bryant
Routine, annual checks performed by the installer for the first 3 years, and I have performed them these last 2 years
Every summer, I don't feel the system is really running like it should and our house just never really seems as cool as it should - install company always just said it's really hot out and the system checks fine
A few days ago, the fan speed on the AC unit is running like at 30% of what it should run and I think a capacitor is out - we call and have them come out
Service tech says it is indeed the capacitor and replaces and then leaves - doesn't check anything else
My dad ran his own HVAC company 25 years ago, so I know a little about systems
My supply temp is 65 degrees steady and my return air temp is 75 degrees steady - shouldn't this temp swing be more than 10 degrees? It seems to me if it's not more than 10 degrees, the system isn't working right and I'm wasting a boat load of energy with a system trying to work harder than it should.
Our thermostat is been set to 72 since the capacitor has been replaced at 5 today, and the thermo inside temp reading is 77 and it really hasn't budged since the guy left.
So, my main question is: Should the swing in temp between the supply air and return air be more than 10 degrees? I'm thinking it should be 15-20 degrees, no?
Second question: What else might be wrong with it? I'm going to have to tell this company what is wrong with it before they fix it - I hope not, but feel that way.
Thanks!