AC taking too long to cycle on.

My AC unit (traditional split unit) takes too long sometimes to cycle on. The Honeywell thermostat will flash "Cool On" for 3 or 4 minutes before turning on solid and the compressor and fan actually fire up. This is a time delay to protect the compressor I believe.

This is creating large temp swings. I think the time delay is in the thermostat not the unit.

anyone know how to adjust this? a better thermostat option? or a trick to keep the extreme temps from happening?

thank you

Can you just adjust the target temp down a few degrees to trigger sooner?

If you cant find the setting in your tstat then you could look at getting another one. really tho all you might gain is about 2 mins. Like you said that time delay relay is supposed to be there to protect the compressor from trying to flip on/off too fast. All of them have this feature.

BudmanBreezy said:

Can you just adjust the target temp down a few degrees to trigger sooner?

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I just lowered my ac temp to keep up mine does same-thing (hisense) she is a beast and keeps rocking

If it didn't have the delay it would be off and on to frequently

Using power takes more to start and stop than continuous running