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Good points all around.
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James. Your air conditioner cools the air, and dehumidifies. If you turn it off in the afternoon, what happens is the entire contents of the conditioned space begin to heat up (because the air conditioner is off), including the moisture in the air in the space (which is not being removed because the air conditioner is off).
This is called a latent heat load, which the air conditioner (provided it's working) then has to labor to remove before returning the conditioned space to wherever you have set the thermostat. Ditch the switch.
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Excellent advice.
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