Target Superheat

Target Superheat

Determining the target requires indoor wet and outdoor dry bulb temperatures. Take indoor wet bulb measurement just outside the return air duct.

Indoor Wet Bulb means the bulb of the thermometer is kept wet with pure water and a cloth covering the bulb to keep it wet.

Outdoor dry bulb is the outdoor ambient temperature of the air entering the compressor coils. Thermometer placement is important, keep out of the sun.

"Automatic" or "Manual" Target

Using manufacturer's Superheat target:

Follow the directions and find the appropriate Superheat target given your current environmental conditions.

Once a value is determined use the [Menu] Tab, [Settings] option and disable the [Calculate] switch under the Superheat target section to enable entering a target superheat value. This tells HVAC Buddy® to override any automatic calculations for target Superheat and use your manual entry. Verify manual Superheat target by looking under the Superheat target number in the app calculator output display. It will read "manual".

Using Automatic target:

HVAC Buddy® can calculate targets when wet bulb temperatures range from 50°F to 76°F and outdoor ambient temperatures range from 55°F to 115°F. Values outside these ranges cause an error condition cancelling further calculations. Target Superheat can vary depending on conditions. Higher loads demand higher target Superheat.

Verify the value is automatically being calculated by looking for the word "auto" under the Superheat target number in the app calculator output display. If it displays "manual" the switch can be changed in the [Menu] tab, [Settings] menu option and enabling the [Calculate] switch. When you do this the manual target number will be removed.