How Do You Know If Your AC Is the Wrong Size in Alachua, FL?

Air conditioners have a specific cooling capacity that makes them fit for only certain size homes in Alachua, FL. Hopefully, whoever installed yours did not miscalculate and put in an oversized or undersized AC. Here’s how to tell if your AC is the wrong size when it malfunctions in certain ways, especially cycling for abnormally long or short times.

Extremely Short or Long Cycles

An AC usually runs for 10 to 15 minutes per cycle, and you shouldn’t have more than two to three cycles an hour. Frequent, short cycles are one sign that your AC is too big for your home. On the other hand, an undersized AC won’t have enough power to cool your space, so it will run for what feels like forever.

Uneven Cooling

With an abnormal cycle length, you may experience warm spots in certain rooms, especially those that are furthest away from the air handler. An undersized AC will have trouble sending cool air to those faraway rooms.

You might also notice, just by putting a hand to your supply vents, that the air pressure is low. An AC that’s too small for your home would cause this as well. If you request maintenance, a technician would be able to tell if low air pressure has some other cause, such as a failing fan motor.

High Humidity Levels

When an AC operates as it should, it removes humidity from the air. An oversized or undersized unit will fail at this. Watch out for high humidity and increased allergy or asthma symptoms among family members.

Many Alachua residents leave their AC installation projects to Browning Heating & Air Conditioning, LLC, so contact us if you find out your current system is the wrong size for your home. We guarantee your satisfaction 100%.

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