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Originally Posted by Dr.Butler
Hi all. So central AC is essentially a foreign concept to me. My unit is 15 years old but seems to be working fine, and I am of the mindset that if it is not broken..... BUT I notice that for example yesterday, I set the unit to 74 degrees. During the heat, it went up to 77 degrees. The house felt fine, but it seemed like the unit was not keeping up? By the evening it went back to 74. I recently had the unit inspected and topped off with the coolant. So I guess the question, is this essentially normal/expected behavior?
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My AC unit is 13 year old - original equipment. When I moved here 4 years ago, I "purchased" a warranty (pay yearly) from Broward Factory Service. They have free seminars quite often at various restaurants. It covers repairs to A/C units under 5 tons and if they can't repair - replacement. When I signed up - there did not seem to be an issue with age of the unit. I pay them $99 a year to come out and inspect the units. They have had to replace a condenser twice at NO COST to me. The warranty also replaced a leaking hot water tank at no cost. I mention this as why replace a working unit. Other big ticket items are covered too so I suggest you check them out.
Be sure the house does not have one of those "energy saving" gadgets on it that limits your unit at times of high demand (like when its very hot and everyone's AC is running). I had one previously in VA and the house would sometimes get a little warmer as you describe and I can only guess if there were true savings. I'd rather be comfortable.