How can the aircon be at the same temperature for both heating/cooling modes and feel different?
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Because the A/C doesn’t heat or cool to exact temperatures. Let’s say you have your A/C set to 72f cool. It will actually cool your house to 70f and wait for it to warm up to 74f before it comes on again. In order to get your house to 70f it will actually blow air cooler than 70f into your house. It will be blowing air around 52f until the average temperature at your thermostat reacher 70f.
For heating the air temp at the vent depends on what kind of system you have. A heat pump will be around 90f-100f and a furnace may be as warm as 120f. If your A/C is set to heat it will bring the average temperature up to about 74f and wait for it to drop to 70f before it comes back on.
The actual temperature it turns on/ff at will depend on the manufacturer of your thermostat and how much control you have over the settings. My thermostat in my house is programmable so I can adjust those settings and even turn just the fan on to get the air circulating.
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