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Short cycling — what's the equipment?
Short cycling — starting, running briefly, shutting off, repeating — is a safety circuit doing its job. Which circuit depends entirely on the equipment, so pick yours and we'll rank the likely causes from real repairs.
What's short cycling?
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Air conditioner We're still gathering enough AC short-cycling repairs to rank parts honestly.
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