did you clean the coils on the compressor?
is it in the sun?
do all the things? (close shades - close doors/vents in empty rooms)
what is the temp of the air coming out of the registers?
I may become a believer in the window hanging mini-split......
Things that make you frown :(
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did you clean the coils on the compressor?
is it in the sun?
do all the things? (close shades - close doors/vents in empty rooms)
what is the temp of the air coming out of the registers?
I may become a believer in the window hanging mini-split......
Correct
Fortunately just a clogged condensate drain caused the shutoff in the overflow pan to shut the system down. 4 buckets of water and a quick snake through the drain and its now working again
Central ac os generally sized to keep 25ish degrees f cooler inside than outside (according to several hvac techs I have spoken to) ours is oversized (was sozed for the 100+ yo windows in the house which have since been replaced) so we tend to get a couple degrees over 30
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Karate Monkey
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50 something year old Singer unit. The evap pan (attic installation w/drain) is rusting through. Technically, the air handler works, system loses about 0.5 psi every few weeks. The pan would take almost as much work to replace as a new unit, and it's just not worth stringing it along (especially since I had to repair two sheets of drywall twice).
She's dead, Jim.
Just sucks that the original owners decided that they wanted hand crank windows in the house.
yea casements suck, and the rollaround hose style a/c units suck equally hard. (our house came with 100 year old casements 80% of which were painted shut and a couple of those roll around units, they couldnt keep up with the heat during the day and the rooms with them in it would be 80+, spending the money on central was the best decision we ever made.
JDurk
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Our 14 y/o Goodman units are both in full sun since the neighbors around us have cut down 9 trees over the last 2yrs. Our 2nd floor is in full sun almost all day. Compressor coils were hosed off last week. New air handler filters every month during the summer, because 2 cats. De-humidifier in the basement. Shades are closed, all vents open as all the rooms are used. It's almost 100deg outside right now. Programmable thermostats on each floor. Downstairs right now is set to 74 and reading 74. Upstairs is also set to 74 and reading 76. Whole house was remodeled in 2010 with new HVAC, windows and insulation.
Going with what @shrpshtr325 mentioned in previous post about 25deg difference.
iman29
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Had entire furnace and central air replaced in 2021 and oversized it. My house is from 1967 has a basement and 3 levels of living space. The living dining area is a vaulted ceiling. Bedrooms all on top floor. Windows are old and need to be replaced.
When I had everything redone he confirmed exactly what was mentioned above with a one unit/zone design I should expect about 20-25 degrees lower than what is outside.
I asked about a 2nd zone and then nearly passed out about the additional cost.
This is the first heat wave where I am managing it by lowering the AC early in the day and it’s not perfect but it helps.
That being said my WFH space is in the basement and I have a space heater on and wear a sweat jacket while I work.
When I had everything redone he confirmed exactly what was mentioned above with a one unit/zone design I should expect about 20-25 degrees lower than what is outside.
I asked about a 2nd zone and then nearly passed out about the additional cost.
This is the first heat wave where I am managing it by lowering the AC early in the day and it’s not perfect but it helps.
That being said my WFH space is in the basement and I have a space heater on and wear a sweat jacket while I work.
Cold air drops. You need to seal off the lowest level from the first.
Make sure the return is sealed esp if it uses the joist and wall bays vs ducting, otherwise it will pull the cold air down.
more eye roll-inducing work announcements:
sounds like they're moving to a 3-day mandatory in the office work week. specifying 9am - 5pm hours.
now, obviously this doesn't impact my personal work week since I am fully remote... but this is another thorn in many people's sides and could piss some people off to the point of just leaving the company for a fully remote job or just taking early retirement.
we literally WFH during Covid for 2 full years. then they wanted to pull people into the office but were flexible about the hours... now they're making it mandatory without any hour flexibility. unless someone is meeting a client/source in person, there's no reason why reporters and editors need to be in the office that often. after completely failing the employee survey with comments like people don't trust the senior leadership team, WTF are they expecting with this 3-day work week announcement?
sounds like they're moving to a 3-day mandatory in the office work week. specifying 9am - 5pm hours.
now, obviously this doesn't impact my personal work week since I am fully remote... but this is another thorn in many people's sides and could piss some people off to the point of just leaving the company for a fully remote job or just taking early retirement.
we literally WFH during Covid for 2 full years. then they wanted to pull people into the office but were flexible about the hours... now they're making it mandatory without any hour flexibility. unless someone is meeting a client/source in person, there's no reason why reporters and editors need to be in the office that often. after completely failing the employee survey with comments like people don't trust the senior leadership team, WTF are they expecting with this 3-day work week announcement?
iman29
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Good reminder I need to check and clean the return vents. Changed the air filter a bit before the 6 months but with 2 cats and a dog it probably needed it anyway. Seems to help a bit or it could be all in my mind.
No way to seal off the house levels based on the layout.
Also, if you dont have a high return on the top floor, you'll never cool that layer of air
rjr44
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Same happening at a lot of companies. Ours has a few different levels (fully remote, 1x a week, 3x a week, 5x a week). Everything you say above hits home. I'm the only one from my team in my building. The others are in different states and countries. Yet I have to go in to "collaborate better" w/ them over video which is how I do it from home. All all the tech systems I manage I do remotely cuz no one goes to a data center to get hands on an actual server to manage it! Outside of hardware issues which are out of my remit.
Gonna be interesting if any companies get hit w/ major exodus due to this. Haven't seen anything in the news to that effect, but then again maybe media would suppress it?
rjr44
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Who cares if it's placebo effect, more important is if you feel better go with it!
A few years ago I interviewed with Honeywell for a position that didn't need to be in an office, everyone was hired all over the country but I would have to go to my "local" Honeywell building every day, even though I would have no coworkers or anyone I dealt with in that office.
I did not pursue that position.
iman29
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as per above this is the case with many companies especially fortune 500/1000. there is a lot of pressure to justify office space, facilities costs etc... and they use the "collaboration" narrative to help support the mandates. But youre right this might be the last straw for some people to have it mandatory in that way.
My current employer has what I think is a good hybrid mix, requiring 50% of time in the office per 2 weeks. You have discretion to pick the days that work best for you depending on your manager (mine is pretty chill). So this translates to a rotation of 2 days per week, then 3 days per week. On office days I can typically get home early afternoon and take the calls for my West coast team from home.
rjr44
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Nice! Yeah, when I said most companies I did mean LARGE, i.e. Fortune 500ish at least, good point!
I do similar to you, I only have to do 1x a week but I'll go 2x sometimes to build up some days (they evaluate on a rolling 90-day period) to pad the stats a little bit in case in future I have a week I can't get in and what not. We also get our "quota" reduced due to holidays, vacations, etc. so there is at least a little bit of understanding that many factors are involved.
I try plan those days in around days I need to meet a vendor, do hands-on work in our test lab, etc.
That said, any guess which my LEAST productive days are?
so currently, everyone can pick their days in the office so it's entirely possible for large chunks of the office to not be in on the same days... so much for collaboration. 🤷♀️
when my supervisor told our department (4 people including him), you could just see how defeated the others were... like they have been in the office like clockwork and even "making up days" in the office for the times they weren't in twice a week. it's seriously like a punishment.
i know a few of the reporters who live pretty far away were very pissed when their request for full remote was denied (i'm honestly still surprised mine was approved) and they have been very lax with the current in the office schedule so i can imagine they will be even more pissed when this is officially announced tomorrow.
rjr44
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The time people are even wasting worrying about when do I go in, do I have enough days, etc. is also of no concern to leadership whose only goal is to putt arses in the seats. Nevermind the stress levels, feeling defeated, etc.
qclabrat
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Also how's your attic ventilation, I added a huge attic fan last year and it helped the upstairs bedrooms cooling especially at night