New mini split doesn't seem to be working right

Dividedsky

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With DE I always go with 5500 btu/hr but can't go wrong with 6000. The nice thing about the inverter minis is they only work as hard as they have to so they can be very efficient especially in auto cool mode.
Ya man I'm keeping it on auto. One thing I noticed is my R.humidity is not as low as I'd like, so I think I'm going to have to turn the dehu on. I thought the mini would work somewhat as a dehu when the ac was on so I wouldn't have to use my dehu. My the humidity in my room was near 70%. I do have to check my digital thermometer though, cause it felt really dry and cool in the room not 70% rh. By the way renfro is you member name taken for Brad Renfro, the late great young actor who lost his life to soon?
 

Dividedsky

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Never heard of him lol.

It's one of my rotties names lol. Clem and Renfro.
Nice I have 2 cocker spaniels, Ro and Lola.
Ya he was talented young actor who had a rough upbringing. Believe he was pretty good friend with james franco. Anyways he passed away at the age of 25 from a heroin od. Brought up a big discusion of at risk youth working in Hollywood. Hollywood is a cesspool of scumbags, that's my opinion.
 

Dividedsky

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and libtards. and it's most of california actually lol.
I vote dem but I am who I am, I'm not a dem or repub or how most people call themselves. I can't stand the new breed of millennial libs/sjws. They're absolute nut bags, entitled idiots who are the cause of this political correct times we live in, them and the media. I like Bill Maher though. You're right though Hollywood is full of these hypocritically entitled libtards.
 

Renfro

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hypocritically entitled libtards
Thats Bill Maher. He says nobody should have guns, except he has one.

I can't stand democrats lol. I am not a republican either. I think both parties are fucked in the head. Republicans have guns right tho. From my cold dead hands lol
 

eebbnflow

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Ya man I'm keeping it on auto. One thing I noticed is my R.humidity is not as low as I'd like, so I think I'm going to have to turn the dehu on. I thought the mini would work somewhat as a dehu when the ac was on so I wouldn't have to use my dehu. My the humidity in my room was near 70%. I do have to check my digital thermometer though, cause it felt really dry and cool in the room not 70% rh. By the way renfro is you member name taken for Brad Renfro, the late great young actor who lost his life to soon?
watch the rh while the Ac is in cooling mode is it low ? Does the rh spike when the room has reached the set point and Ac has turned off ? It could be because the Ac is short cycling . I could be wrong but from my understanding you want the Ac running while lights on . Not on off on off . It could mean the Ac is under load and you may add another light . More than a half ton of wiggle room may be too much.

Glad you got the issue under control
Hey this thread resurrected my account lol VIA google , thank you :)
 

Renfro

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It could be because the Ac is short cycling . I could be wrong but from my understanding you want the Ac running while lights on . Not on off on off .
A minisplit shouldn't short cycle because it isn't just on or off. The way they are designed they can work just as hard as they have to in order to maintain temps, thus eliminating the short cycling issue, especially in auto cool mode.

As far as the humidity issue, it sounds like a dehu is in order as the need for dehumidification is exceeding the need for cooling. This will help with the RH% when the lights are off too. Ambient humidity plays a lot in the RH issue also, regardless of a sealed room. I learned that when I moved to colorado. I rarely need a dehumidifier now but I had to have them all the time in missouri where it was way more humid. Now I have to use swamp coolers to add humidity most of the time.
 

Apalchen

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Is your ac still working right mine had same issue as you were having this morning but I already cut that jumper so not sure it's the same solution. Has me kinda nervous like maybe I didn't go big enough on ac 24000 BtU for 4k de hps. I already made a new thread but figured I'd ask you since you and same issue
 
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