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Re: A/C - Is this Normal?

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From: Richard Losey
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 00:00
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Carlos Leal wrote:
> In article <3tvgrv$p0m@feenix.metronet.com>, rlosey@metronet.com (Richard
> Losey) wrote:

> > Greetings!  I'm needing the help of this group in regard to an Air
> > Conditioning question.  Let me describe the house and then the behavior and
> > then I'll pose the question "Is this Normal/Right?"..............

> A THIRD possibility is that your ducts are not all connected and you may
> be cooling your attic. I spent untold dollars last summer trying to keep
> the house at 75 degrees but could only manage a 10 degree temperature
> differential with the outside temperature. During the winter, I had the
> ducts replaced and found out some of the existing connections were leaking
> air to the attic.

Hmmm... I don't think so, but I could check -- I've been into the attic and it
is VERY hot; I would have thought I'd feel cool.


> This summer even in our current 100 degree plus weather, the house stays
> at 75 without having to run the A/C constantly. Take a reading of the air
> temperature coming out of the vents. It should be in the 60's at minimum.

I pretty much have to run the A/C constantly to maintain 80 degrees.


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Dallas, TX            | whereby we must be saved"     Acts 4:12
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From: rlosey@metronet.com (Richard Losey)
Subject: Re: A/C - Is this Normal?
Date: 1995/07/14
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