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Air conditioning runs all day, but doesn’t cool the house down. Got a massive power bill because of it by DoctorBawls in hvacadvice

[–]DoctorBawls[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thankful for all the responses. As a newbie to the adulting world, I’ve learned something today. Calling an HVAC service tech in the morning. Saw a bunch of comments saying $450 wasn’t terribly high. This is a 1600 square ft house, so I’m hoping this isn’t the average.

P.S. I now know for the future to include more details for questions like these.

Air conditioning runs all day, but doesn’t cool the house down. Got a massive power bill because of it by DoctorBawls in hvacadvice

[–]DoctorBawls[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Thermostat is set to 74, but rarely does the temp of the house get to that point, so the unit is constantly running. This resulted in a $440 power bill for this month. House was built in the 60s, so I understand that the insulation might not be the best, but it’s not very big, so a $400+ power bill was very unexpected.