How to Know Your Installing The Right Size Air Conditioner

3 Major Reasons You Need The Right Size Air Conditioner

Last year in May of 2016 we did a post about

‘how to know your installing the right size air conditioner’

. This time were going to tell you why it’s important to have a properly sized air conditioner. The whole reason behind having the right size A/C is making it efficient so that it delivers the most amount of comfort while costing the least utilities. When those things are balanced a properly sized air conditioner will continuously run. An improperly sized unit will short cycle, have problems with moisture removal and high fan speeds.

An oversized air conditioner will do something called

, it will turn on, then cool your home fast and then turn off and soon later turn back on, causing your home to use more energy. The reason a properly sized unit will save the most money on utilities possible by

running is that there will be less frequent cycling of the unit. Basically, the unit will cost you more money if it has to turn on and off a lot since they are

efficient at startup. An undersized unit will run more but will struggle to cool your home, costing you comfort and high utility bills. That’s why it’s necessary in most cases to have a heat load performed before installing a new air conditioner.

During startup, air conditioners are also

for moisture removal. This problem gets worse when you have an oversized unit that is short-cycling because they won’t run past startup. Any

that builds on the evaporator coil won’t flow off the coil and drain onto the drain pan. Instead, it will just

into the air due to the short run times. When it’s humid this will cause your home to feel cold, clammy, and

An oversized unit will have higher than necessary fan speeds

the speed of the air flowing through the supply and return registers which will affect the air conditioners

. First, If the speed of the air is too high, it will be noticeably noisy and uncomfortable. Oversized units are noticeably louder because of the higher fan speeds creating more air flow. This loud noise can be