{"id":448,"date":"2020-07-06T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/?p=448"},"modified":"2022-07-28T14:14:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T21:14:23","slug":"why-you-dont-want-to-ignore-the-size-of-your-new-ac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/air-conditioning-service\/why-you-dont-want-to-ignore-the-size-of-your-new-ac\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Don\u2019t Want to Ignore the Size of Your New AC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Several weeks ago, we published a blog post letting you know why it\u2019s so important to hire a professional for your air conditioning installation<\/a>. We mentioned briefly how a professional will know how to properly size <\/em>an air conditioner, but do you know why this is so important? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you\u2019re purchasing a new air conditioner at this time of the year, it\u2019s likely you\u2019ll be tempted to rush, and buy the biggest system that will fit your budget, but this can actually be a big mistake. You don\u2019t want to just assume that bigger is better\u2014because it\u2019s not. In fact, too large or overpowered of a system can be just as detrimental to HVAC efficiency as a system that’s too small or underpowered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Why Size Matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You probably know why you shouldn\u2019t get too small <\/em>of an air conditioner for your\nhome. It will be underpowered, and won\u2019t effectively be able to cool the space\nit\u2019s installed in. But it will keep running as it tries <\/em>to reach your desired temperature on the thermostat. This\nuses up a lot of energy, plus it causes wear and tear to accumulate faster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Your AC Is Overpowered<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When we talk about an air conditioner that is \u201ctoo big\u201d for\nyour living space, what we mean is that it\u2019s overpowered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your cooling system is working how it\u2019s meant to, it will\ngo through regular cooling cycles. Your thermostat signals to the system that\nthe home requires cooling depending on what temperature you have it set to, and\nthen the fans and the compressor activate to start each cycle, which lasts\nabout 15 minutes or a little longer. When the set temperature has been reached\non the thermostat, then it signals the AC to turn off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why are we explaining all this? Well, because when your air\nconditioner is overpowered, these cycles are completely thrown out of whack.\nSince an oversized\/overpowered cooling system will send out a larger capacity\nof cooling than a properly sized system, the thermostat will register that the\nhome has cooled down enough and will signal the AC to shut off, even though it\ndidn\u2019t complete a cooling cycle. Then <\/em>it\nwill only take a few short minutes for the temperature to rise again, prompting\nthe thermostat to signal the AC to turn back on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process, called short-cycling, <\/em>will repeat over and over again and is bad news for your air conditioner. First off, air conditioners consume the most energy when they start up and shut down. So this continual rapid-cycling process will cause yours to work inefficiently and will cost you more than it should to operate. Short-cycling also causes the cooling system to accumulate wear and tear faster than it otherwise would, meaning you could find yourself with a replacement need in 7-10 years instead of the average lifespan of an AC system, which is 12-15 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, when you reach out to a trained professional\nfor your air conditioner installation, you don\u2019t have to worry about this. We\u2019ll\nconduct what\u2019s called a cooling load calculation in your home to determine\nexactly what size your new air conditioner should be! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reach out to Hometown Heating and Air Conditioning<\/a> today for your Concord, CA air conditioning installation<\/a>. Your Comfort Is Our Business! <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you\u2019re purchasing a new air conditioner at this time of the year, it\u2019s likely you\u2019ll be tempted to rush, and buy the biggest system that will fit your budget, but this can actually be a big mistake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70],"tags":[92,13,87],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":785,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions\/785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}