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Anonymous Posted on Aug 05, 2010

We have a3 yr old Goodman CAPF3030B6AA Airconditioner and Furnace. The Air conditioner hasnt worked right all summer. Its 102 degrees outside and we can set the thermostat on 72 degrees and it will be 80-85 degrees in the house. We had the guy who put in come out about a month ago. He changed the filter and hosed off the coils and said all temp readings were fine. Its not fine! It doesnt even remotely start getting cool until sometime in the night but only gets down to about 74 degrees! Help!

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A/C units have a design temperature of 90F. Now when the temperature is above 90F they start to have trouble keeping up. Depending on how well your unit is sized for the house, you will notice when the temp is over 90F. I don't know if who ever looked at your unit checked the refrigerant pressures since you said he checked the temps but I assume he did, however, it could possibly need charging.

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