Should My Attic Fan still Come on When My Central Air Is on ?

Yes it should come on if the thermostat tells it to come on. Most attic fans these days have a built in thermostat that controls only the attic fan it is attached to. It would have nothing to do with your central air conditioner.

Remember that heat rises and it may get hotter quicker in your attic than in your main living areas

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stop the air flow of a central air conditioner from a specific room?

You can close the vent half-way, not all the way. Central air is designed for your whole house with vents open and closing one will do three things.

Back the air up in that duct to the fan and making it work harder. Waste cold air. Allow the return vent to draw in warmer air from your room and make the supply air to all the other rooms warmer

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Is our central air conditioner working properly?

which fan. inside or outside. if outside fan is running then yes your using ac.

if its the inside fan running then you are just circulating inside air. kinda helps on reducing hot places but will cause the elec. bill to go up.

it also filters the inside air. dont forget to replace your air filter often. flip your switch from on to auto

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When do you turn on your Central or Window Air Conditioner?

The past couple of years I've been using window fans with a temp control. I keep them set on air exchange to a temp of 70 and they go off and on on thier own. Work pretty well and can be set to just suck hot air out on exhaust or just bring cool air in as needed.

I find I get a water logged feeling when we use the AC so I try to avoid it

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My central air conditioner keeps filling up the drip pan and tripping the shut up valve.

once you have a prv you besides might have a style vessel and a stress gauge. Does the stress on the stress guage go up by way of fact the heating gets warmer.

if so improve vessel will want recharging. different danger is that if the equipment became into overfilled whilst stress became into placed back in after new radiator placed on the prv might have opened getting airborne dirt and airborne dirt and mud on the seating

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how much does it cost for a central air conditioner?

Figure on at least a few thousand dollars.

But, like the first person said, there are too many variables to determine for sure on our end. Call an air conditioning company and have them come out to give you an estimate. They have to do a heat load calculation on your house to determine what size compressor you need before they can quote a price

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Where is the filter on a Central Air Conditioner?

It will be adjacent to the air handler, and accessible from inside the home. Find the handler, not the exterior compressor, and look on the interior wall closest to unit. This unit should be in garage, sometimes in the ceiling if you have a drop ceiling.

If it is to far to be coming out an interior wall than it will be at the base of the unit itself

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Help central heating and air unit freezing?

most likely your system is low on refrigerant (has a leak). is your supply fan coming on?

if not this can cause this condition. either way you can damage your compressor costing plenty to repair. better have it checked.

if you are low on refrigerant,you have a leak in the refigerant circuit. it can be recharged but will leak out again causing same problem. the leak needs to be repaired.

refrigerant is high pressure & will leak out into the atomesphere.

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Are there any poisonous gases that come from a broken air conditioner?

Freon has a very offensive odor, so if what you smelled was just a funny smell, you did not smell freon.

In a tightly in closed area freon could maybe make you nauseous, not likely to kill you. Just open the windows and air out the place and you will be all right. OH, call the maintenance guys and report it.

they can tell you whether or not to turn it back on, personally I would turn it on and see what happens

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is it the landlord responsibility to pay for and take care of the central air unit air conditioner?

i would send a certified letter to him stating your concerns. i would also call the housing authorities as mold can cause respiratory problems.

if he doesn't fix it soon, i would have someone come over and do it and give him the bill or take if off rent. there really is no excuse for this. it sounds like this was part of your rental agreement if it was installed before you rented it

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Does it cost more to turn off your air conditioner when it is cool outside, or to turn up the air?

you will possibly have a partly clogged evaporator coils, or clear out. besides the incontrovertible fact that this is plenty extra possibly the unit is low on Freon. you could verify the clear out your self.

seem on the evaporator and notice in case you notice dirt build up on the fins. yet you're probable going to ned an AC tech to envision the cost point of the unit

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can you run the central air conditioning unit only with solar and if so how many panels would be needed.

Why not just buy a solar Air conditioning unit?

They have tubes that heat up the freon so they only need a smaller compressor using less electricity, then you would only need less solar electric panels on the roof too. Lennox makes a central AC unit that has the inverter built in and takes care of the connection to the house and grid, all you need is the solar panels

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If you have central air how much can you expect the temperature to lower and how long will it take?

Depends on how good your air conditioning system is.

If it's decent you can expect 76 on a 90 degree day. If it was 85 without the air on and it is 84 with it on that is ridiculous. In Dallas when it is 100 with 70% humidity our air conditioner could lower it to about the low 80's.

That is respectable considering the size of the house we were in. In my opinion it should be a lot cooler than that in your apartment.

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Problems with brand new air conditioner and thermostat?

I hope you got more that a 6 month warranty on a new installation. If you did call the installing company and tell them to get back out there and fix it. If you did not it is almost certain you are dealing with a shabby company that originally installed your unit and their entire installation could be wrong.

Dealing with reputable companies, not always the cheapest, is essential in HVAC installation

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Why does my air conditioner keep freezing up?

The unit is freezing up because the load is too heavy or the temperature is set too low. An A/C unit is only supposed to cool the air a bit.

You may want to add a dehumidifier as well if your weather is humid. Your A/C shouldn't be set to less than 72 so 68 is far too low, which explains the freezing. 72 is a very tolerable temperature for dogs.

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I have central air do I cover the system ?

yes you should cover but not air tight. The unit will not run all winter and many times the fan will freeze which can cause the motor to burn out.

In the summer the fan runs enough times to keep it free. In the winter snow sits on the motor and cause corrosion and rust. Make sure the fan turns freely before you turn the AC on in the spring

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How many BTU's is a one ton Central Air conditioner?

This Site Might Help You. RE: How many BTU's is a one ton Central Air conditioner? I have been unable to find how many BTU's a one ton Air conditioner is.

Window units are rated in BTU's while Central Air Units are rated in Ton's. I can't compare apples to orages. I am trying to calculate Total Watts used per BTU to determine overall effeciency of Air.

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Need some advice on how to trouble shoot central air conditioner.

The outside unit is not getting 24V to the contactor for one reason or another. Look around the unit where the refrigerant lines run from the unit into the house.

There should be a small cable run along the lines. The cable would have at least two small wires in it. See if there is a break in the wire.

Is the indoor air handler running?

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What is the cost of replacing a central air conditioner and furnace?

touch your Utilities employer, the people you pay your electric powered and organic gas charges.

each so often enclosed on your charges are notices of rebates for upgrading your heating and a/c kit to extra useful power use. they are going to set up for somebody to examine what you have and make innovations to you with an estimate of value. .

i'd say you ought to get a good unit for $2500, and obtainable $500 rebate. Get estimates, choose!

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About how much to residential central AC units cost?

We recently installed central heating and air in our attic. Wanting to find the best deal, my husband called about 8 contractors who were all more than happy to come out and give us a written estimate. You must have contractors in your area that would be glad to do the same.

It was surprising, all 8 estimates were within $400. of each other. Total cost of ours was $7,800.

00. You may only want to get 3 estimates. Hope that helped a little.

Good luck on the project

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BEARING OUT ON AIR CONDITIONER! HELP PLEASE!?

HVAC Tech.: Don't run it shut it off! You have a bushing in the blower motor gone bad and is allowing the squirrel cage blower to drag against the housing.

When the motor over heats and kicks out you could do serious damage to other components of the system. Call a repairman and have the minor problem fixed and avoid the major one!.

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what are the features we need to consider before buying an air conditioner?

Do you mean a window unit, or a central air unit? For window unit, you want to know what size room you want to cool and buy the appropriately sized unit (it'll say on the packaging).

Also, if you want it to run while you are gone, etc, you'll want something with programmable, digital controls. For a central air unit, you'd probably want to ask a professional so that you get the right size (neither too weak nor too powerful).

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How often should I have my air conditioner serviced?

the obtrusive answer to the question is once a 12 months. in spite of the indisputable fact that it also relies upon on the age of the unit and situation. is likewise it a window kind unit or not.

Window units commonly can go 2 to three years without checking. what number months familiar you take advantage of the unit. you stay contained in the North or South?

also significant. please furnish some solutions.

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I have central air and the air conditioner is running but the air is barely working.

What should I look for?

You should look at the filters in your air conditioner to see if they need to be replaced or cleaned. When filters have a dust buildup on them the air will have a hard time passing through.

You can all call a technician because you central air condition could need a good cleaning or freon. You can go to this site to see if this will help

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what's wrong with my (central) air conditioner?

The bushings interior the motor are drying out.

close the ability off,take the panel off and spray wd-40 on the decrease component to the shaft and manually spin it.placed the panel back on and initiate it up and you're able to nicely be waiting to purchase some extra time till finally you replace the motor. good success.

incredibly saturate it with wd-40 and it will in all threat paintings

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Troubleshooting central air conditioner?

She's frosted or frozen up.Run the fan by itself for 30-45 minutes and there is a good chance she'll start cooling again when put back to cool.

good luck. EDIT: Make sure that you check your filter and the coil cleanliness when she thaws or it will freeze again if the problem is not resolved.Another reason for a freeze up is a shortage of refrigerant but check those things first because they are very common.

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Why won't my Air conditioner won't turn on?

I'm not very well voiced on central air, but if it's not doing anything, and your sure that there is power to the unit. I would try to see if there is a reset on the unit itself, if not try turning the power off to it and back on to try to reset it that way.

Even if it did loose it's coolant charge it would still turn on. Hope it was of some help