Originally Posted by
mzeffex
In the [finished] attic where I stay when in jersey, the AC doesn't exactly "work", and according to the thermometer, it is 86 in here.
How unfortunate for you. In my kitchen, it is 73ºF and comfortable. Outside my kitchen, it is currently 98ºF. So the A/C is working. But it runs all day on days like this, no spare capacity. If you fail to crank it up by 10AM on a day like today, it won't keep up. But the worst I've seen here is high 70's inside on a 90º+ day where we didn't start it until noon or 1PM.
It's a new unit, much more efficient than the one it replaced. And on more moderate days (80's, humid) it has less trouble keeping up with it. We only really get 5-10 days this hot each season.