key points
- Running your AC while on leave helps protect electronics, food, furniture and houseplant from heat and humidity damage.
- Experts recommend setting your thermostat between 78 ° F and 80 ° F to balance the use of energy with moisture control while you are away.
- Using a smart tech such as WiFi-competent thermostats or humidists provides you to facilitate air quality and distance from far away, saving energy and avoid AC strain.
Like summer waves collide, you can be wooed Keep AC on When you are on leave to keep the house cool. When you are away, it is all right to maintain your air conditioner, but there are some factors to keep in mind when you do.
Brendon Macarthi, CEO and owner of the Salt Service Company, says, “The key is not clever, not hard.” “We recommend putting it on a high setting to maintain airflow and humidity control, especially if you are far for a one or more days.”
So, how should you go about keeping your AC while on vacation? We spoke to McCarthi and other HVAC experts in the best way to do it, the ideal temperature setting, and how long the air conditioner can last during your summer trips.
Meet experts
- Mike brief Frederick is headed by retail sales in air conditioning.
- Brendon McCarthi The Salt is the CEO and owner of the company.
- Joe Slom Volcot is the general manager of it.
Why should you keep your AC away
Experts recommend keeping the air conditioner out of the house and on holiday. Leaving home Hot weather without ventilation Or cooling can damage electronics, spoil food, spoil wooden wood, and cause humid conditions in which mold can grow.
“During the summer, even if you live in relatively temperate climate, the temperature in your home may climb more than 90 ° F and in some cases, exceeding 100 ° F,” the general manager of the Volcot who says Slom. “It can harm your goods, especially food and electronics, (and) by killing the houseplant.”
Another reason for keeping AC away is to make your return to the air conditioning unit more comfortable.
“When you return to your house to cool your house, your system will have to work very hard and use a lot To bring back the temperature, of energy, “Slome is called.” Asking your system to bring back the temperature in this way, may put inappropriate stress on the AC, leading to the failure and breakdown of the compressor. ,
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Is there an ideal temperature to leave your air conditioner?
All experts recommend keeping ACs at around 70 ° F to 80 ° F, which depends on your geographical location, what you keep at home, and which temperature you find the most comfortable. Is being said, no one is Ideal temperature,
McCarthy suggests 78 ° F to 80 ° F to protect air quality, but if you have pets or sensitive electronics, you can reduce the air conditioner from 70 ° F to 75 ° F.
“The goal is to balance energy efficiency with moisture control,” they say. “Chase not only a cooler number.”
Brief advice also keeping in mind the humidity of its geographical area.
“Dry heat is more tolerant than humid heat, think of Las Vegas vs. Miami,” they say. “He said, many people get 70 ° F to 72 ° F to be comfortable.”
You should keep AC away
Experts do not have a limit or restriction that you can place air conditioners on the number of days that live outside the city, but they have suggestions to make it easier for you.
If you go for several days, the brief suggests that you take advantage of Fan of air conditioner unitAlso to keep your house cool to save the roof fans, energy and money.
“Your AC settings will be used wisely, which the fan of the unit is running during excessive heat, even if the system itself shut down,” they say. “This excess energy will help in broadcasting the air while avoiding waste if the unit was to cool the place completely without people in the room.”
If you are concerned with the monitoring of air quality and humidity during departure, then suggest investing in McCarthy and brief technology, such as a humidistat (to measure humidity) and WiFi-ignorant AC units, which you can turn on and turn off while removing.
“You do not necessarily have to come home in a cool room all day,” says Bref, “you call your AC all day. “Instead, you can turn your unit from a distance one hour before returning home, and the room will be equally comfortable when you leave it.”
