AC not shutting of automatically

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I recently had new HVAC installed. I am noticing it being little louder than what I had previously. The new system is American Standard 80% efficiency with ECM blower motor. My question is

  1. Can I reduce the fan speed to make it little quieter? – I asked the contractor who installed it and he said he can certainly changed the fan speed but there might be and issue that your ac may get icing. So is that true that by reducing fan speed may create icing issue?

  2. AC is not Turing off automatically even when temp reached to set point. I have checks that the fan is on auto setting and thermostat shows the set temp. If I increase the set temp to higher than what is currently on display then it shuts off automatically but when it gets to desired temp, it does not shut off automatically.

What could be the issue? Thermostat or faulty wiring?

Thank you in advance.

Best Answer

If the evaporator will ice up depends on the type of control if it is orifice or capillary tube control it may Ice up but if a thermal expansion valve called TXV this regulates the flow and it should not but I have seen TXV controlled system ice up a few times. As far as your system not shutting off when the temp is reached this is to keep the system from short cycling there is a setting sometimes called “dead band” usually around 3 degrees and is set in your thermostat it may be a setting like +2 -2 this would be a 4 degree dead band or the thermostat won’t turn the heat on until 2 degrees below set point and won’t shut off until 2 over set point same with the ac, you can usually change these I change mine based on season +0 -2 is my summer setting and +2 -0 is my winter setting. If it takes 10 minutes to change 1 degree a 2 degree dead band is ok but if you reduce it two far your energy cost will go up and the life of your system may be reduced from the repeated startups.