Hey everyone, first post here!
Anyways, I live in a 2nd floor apartment and we have been having A/C issues since we moved in last July. Maintenance/the leasing office says everything is working fine but I find that hard to believe.
The issue I am having is the central A/C is cooling enough when it’s hot outside. For example, Wednesday I got home at about 5 PM and the inside temperate was around 75-76 degrees at the thermostat. Outside temp was roughly 81-82 degrees. The thermostat had been left on cool 72 degrees since I got up that morning when it was below 72 degrees inside. For us, that’s a GOOD day of cooling. When we had the heatwave in SoCal a few weeks ago (and what I assume this summer will be like) where it was 90-102 degrees, our thermostat was reporting an inside temp of typically 81-85 degrees when I got home even though the thermostat was set to cool 72 degrees 24/7.
Now, I realize just because I set it at a certain temperature doesn’t mean it’s necessarily going to achieve that temperature and the unit is probably working as hard as it can, but it doesn’t seem to be installed correctly and I was wondering if anyone could point out anything they see wrong with it so I can specifically point it out to maintenance so they can address it.
Unfortunately I do not have access to the condensing unit nor do I know anything about it, so I can only post information about the furnace/air handler.
^ That is the floorplan of my 2nd floor apartment. It’s not done exactly to scale (I made it myself), but it gives a rough idea of the layout. The blue boxes indicate the A/C vents. One blows directly into the living room, and each bedroom has a vent. The thermostat is located underneath the living room vent on the wall.
^ That is the furnace/air handler. Below it is a grille cut into two pieces so they can fit side by side. Unfortunately, this is the only return air vent in the entire apartment.
^ That is a shot from inside the filter curb with the filter taken out. It is the return air space. It is closed off on all sides except for the air handler return where the filter goes and the vent openings in the previous picture.
^ That’s the top of the furnace/air handler. Fresh air inlet, exhaust hose, and the two ducts (one directly into the living room and the other to the two bedrooms.
I realize there isn’t much to go on without seeing the condensing unit or knowing anything about it, but is there anything specifically I can try to address with the leasing company that will improve the cooling OR I can do myself?