{"id":9018,"date":"2024-12-04T19:35:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T01:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/?p=9018"},"modified":"2024-12-04T19:36:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T01:36:40","slug":"more-a-c-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/?p=9018","title":{"rendered":"More A\/C saga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[runs on Monday 11\/5, Thursday 11\/28, Saturday 11\/30, Monday 12\/2, today: all 3.2 miles]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the great mystery of the A\/C cutouts has been solved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past I have used the cheapest 5 kbtu and 8kbtu AC units they sold at Lowes. But this summer I purchased a much more expensive unit which is supposed to be more energy efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, as you may recall, I had problems with the first one. It just one day decided to stop cooling. So I got a replacement. And that one also stops cooling…. when the ambient outdoor air is below about 55 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The more expensive units stop cooling when the outdoor air is too cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google says this is because it is hard on the unit to run in the cold. I don’t think so. Or maybe I just don’t care. I think the last cheapie unit, the one I just replaced, ran 24×7, year around, for approximately 3 years. We could search this blog and figure it out, but I think it was something like that. And it still cools fine, but there is a bearing in the fan motor that is making an unhappy racket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately for me, if the outdoor air stays around 50-55, the unit doesn’t run but the heat accumulation in the insulated shed runs the temperature up faster than the heat loss to the outdoors. So my equipment gets cooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently we’ve been having outdoor temps in the 20-60 range. At night the temperature stays low enough. During the day I have been leaving the door open so it gets airflow. That is not my favorite solution!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think I will investigate the old “broken” unit to see if I can disable the ambient air temp sensor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A normal warm day where the mid-day temp keeps the AC working<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mid-day the AC ran but otherwise it was too cool outdoors. fortunately cool enough so that leakage kept the heat from building up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Night was cold and during the day the door was open.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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