npalen
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Wondering if my house AC is cycling too often? (short cycling) The attached photo is a screenshot off my tablet which is running an app called "Intelligent Clamp Meter". The app connects via bluetooth with an amp probe attached at the house breaker panel.
The left column is amps and the timeline across the bottom showing a start of about 7:15 AM. The AC is a Lennox two stage which runs about nine or ten amps on Hi cool and about six or seven on Lo cool.
We've been having days in the 90F high temp and the AC doesn't normally get into Hi cool until the afternoon.
The stage one and stage two differential is set to 2.0 degrees but I never see the temp vary more than one degree from the set temp while the compressor is cycling as shown in the pic.
The five year old Lennox unit is a 36,000 BTU with inverter air handling cooling a 1600 square foot ranch style well insulated
Edit: As you can see, the unit cycled on four times between about 7:00AM thru 10:00AM with an outside temp of 75F to 80F. Thermostat is set to 73F.
The left column is amps and the timeline across the bottom showing a start of about 7:15 AM. The AC is a Lennox two stage which runs about nine or ten amps on Hi cool and about six or seven on Lo cool.
We've been having days in the 90F high temp and the AC doesn't normally get into Hi cool until the afternoon.
The stage one and stage two differential is set to 2.0 degrees but I never see the temp vary more than one degree from the set temp while the compressor is cycling as shown in the pic.
The five year old Lennox unit is a 36,000 BTU with inverter air handling cooling a 1600 square foot ranch style well insulated
Edit: As you can see, the unit cycled on four times between about 7:00AM thru 10:00AM with an outside temp of 75F to 80F. Thermostat is set to 73F.
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