I’m living in a high rise building with central air, and they switch the entire system from heating in winter to cooling in summer. We have a thermostat, but I’m not sure it does anything. It’s usually too hot or cold, all I can do is turn off the unit or play around with the fan speed.
Do you think there’s a shaft the sends hot or cold air depending on the season up my entire building and my unit turns on a fan to pull in some of that air if needed? Why is my unit always too cold or too hot and adjusting the thermostat doesn’t don much?
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There are a few systems in place here. Either you are in a building with a 4-pipe system, where they are pumping chilled and heated water to your individual air handler, or a 2-pipe system, where it switches over from heating to cooling. If it’s 4-pipe, you shouldn’t have problems with your thermostat.
That said, it could also be VRF (variable refrigerant flow). If you are in a relatively new construction build, you may have a VRF system. This one is incredibly efficient, but loses efficacy at extreme temperatures.
The third option is if you have radiators near your windows. This is a very old style system. Very, very good at preventing drafts, but with not so good local controls.
Do you have access to the room in your house that has the furnace?
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