Troubleshooting Tips for Air Conditioning Units: Avoiding Frequent Start and Stop Cycles

When your unit is turning on and off repeatedly, you could have a problem in the unit itself. What I've seen also is the unit is too big for the house. How about you go through, like, a five ton? Won't they cool the house faster? Yes, it will cool the house faster, but your challenge is now you're not dehumidifying because it's coming on, cooling the house down. Turn it right back off, on, off, on, off. The most power that unit pulls is when it first starts up. So I think advanced energy, when we did back with them in Raleigh a few years ago, did a study, and if a unit ran for eight hours, constantly pulled less power than if it was started and stopped, I think it was three times. So starting and stopping is not good for the power of that unit.