re: What temp do you come home to if the AC is off all day?

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What temp do you come home to if the AC is off all day?

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I don't turn mine off ever. Florida

I'm a FL lic. HVAC cont. doesn't mean I know it all but I know a little.

Louisiana and Florida are pretty similar when comparing temp and humidity. I watch Tampa obviously and Vernon Parish being that is where my heart is. The two are almost identical year round however VP gets hotter and colder.

I mention this because if you turn your a/c off and come home to 85 degrees in 97 plus degree weather, I'm not thinking you are doing that bad. I would be interested in how your home sits and how big your windows are and what type of treatments you use (tint, drapes ect) Do you have large trees is the roof shaded? How does the afternoon sun hit your home, full bake or not. These all play a roll.

Humidity is a real concern like another poster previously mentioned. When you turn your machine off you are no longer "conditioning the air." When you turn your system back on the unit will (believe it or not) focus on removing the humidity first, your delta split (return air vs. supply air) will be lower, than if the system has been running and managing the humidity all day.

When someone sets the set point really low and the unit runs continuously for an extended period of time the unit will freeze. The only times I have witnessed a "proper system" do this has been in, "tenant situations" set point at 60 when it's 98. Still kind of rare in my limited experience.