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You don't want an over-sized system. They short cycle. An over-sized system can quickly cool to the thermostat setting, but leave the latent heat in the water
by brudgers 4y ago
You don't want an over-sized system.
They short cycle.
An over-sized system can quickly cool to the thermostat setting, but leave the latent heat in the water vapor in the air.
So you experience the "feels like" temperature...it's not the heat, as they say.
A properly sized system runs long enough to condense water vapor and with it remove the latent heat from the air.
- criddell 4y agoThe short cycle argument only really applies to older and low end systems that are not variable speed. A variable speed system integrated with a humidifier should be able to slowly bring the temperature down, making sure that the cooling does not get ahead of the dehumidifying. I want an “oversized” system that can do > 20F temperature drops. I know they exist because a lot of commercial spaces have them.
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- brudgers 4y agoShort cycling is thermodynamics, not an argument.
- criddell 4y agoAs I understand it, short cycling is a problem with air conditioners that cycle on and off. You can get staged compressors, multi-speed compressors, and truly variable speed compressors. A truly variable speed compressor runs continuously and so won’t short cycle.