Posted By: suyash-sen at 30 July 2024
Is it better to keep your AC running all the time?
Is it better to keep your AC running all the time?: Leaving the Air-Conditioned room in the days of May and June feels like trouble. Evening in the park during these months, gives the sensation of around 38-40°C temperature. And taking a walk and doing tasks in such temperatures, feels like a burden and it becomes quite natural to think if we can live in an Air-Conditioned environment for all time. As per the weather reports, it’s been predicted that this temperature will rise in the next consecutive years. And with that, it becomes vitally important to address this issue of, ”Is it better to keep your AC running all the time and how it will affect us?”. Let’s see in this article, what is the right thing to do here.
It is not recommended to keep your AC running all the time. Though we can use our ACs frequently, by giving units small breaks. Nowadays AC companies are manufacturing ACs which can operate frequently and efficiently in summer. But Running AC for all time of a day is not generally recommended by them.
Recently, a video clip got viral, in which condensor unit caught fire, placed outside the building.
Actually, condenser unit maintains the temperature of around 80-85°C in the daytime. And if the condenser unit is exposed directly in the sunlight, this range can even shift upwards. Other than that, below will be consequences if we will keep our AC running all the time:
1. Pockets
Consuming AC air for all time of a day will burn your pocket, where heavy electricity bill will be the fuel. This is a well known fact that, ACs consume a lot more amount of energy than the other appliances, leading to pay heavily for the bills.
2. Wear And Tear
Other than the electricity bill, repairing of the ACs will agin burn our pocket. Actually, using ACs continuously without breaks will cause the wear and tear issue in the unit, which will decrease the efficiency and will consume more power to cool down the room. Then what’s the solution for this scorching heat? Well that’s why we are here for. Soon we will be discussing that too.
3. Lifespan
ACs are designed for the long term use, not for the all time use. Continuously using the unit will decrease the lifespan of AC, resulting in the another fuel for burning our pockets.
4. Health
Taking the ACs air continiously can make the environment too dry, which can have negative impact on our health and body. It would be better, if we use fans and coolers in the mid time interval to let our ACs cool down a bit.
Solution
Now let’s move towards the solution of this problem, before our mind gets to feel this heat.
It’s a better idea to set our room temperature around 28-30°C before entering a room. Today’s smart ACs are integrated with the IOT devices, which helps us to control our AC remotely with the help of our smartphones. I know I know, your next question, why 28-30°C.
When entering into our home from 45-50°C, we are usually in a hurry to set the AC temperature between 16-18°C. Outside it looks perfectly perfect, but it’s not. Actually setting your thermostat at such a low temperature not only effects your health, but also the health of AC.
This sudden command of running the unit at 16°C, pressurise the compressor to cool down the room faster. And doing it every time will decrease it’s lifespan and will cause wear and tear to our unit.
But setting our room temperature at 28-30°C, will help the compressor to maintain this set easily as compared to the 16-18°C. And when you enter the room you can easily drop the next 4-6°C. This drop will help the unit to work efficiently while keeping lifespan and wear-tear in check. This will not only ensure the health of our AC’s but also of our health, as it is generally recommended by Dr’s to avoid going into the temperature differences directly.
Other than that, mold and insects grow faster in an environment which have around 60% humidity. And in the summers our rooms are quite perfect for their growth. So running our Air-Conditioners for some time before entering the room, will also help to keep the environment insects free.
Summary
So the answer to this article question, i.e. “Is it better to run ACs all the time?” is typically No. As it will cost more damage to the health of our AC and of our body. It is quite natural to act like to keep our ACs on for all time. No doubt, it will help our mind and body to stay calm. But it's not necessary that every soothing experience will impact us positively. We can follow the solution that we have discussed above. And this will help us to keep our summers and health in balance.