A/C Modification Idea

[therealtime]

So I still have A/C in my gassaver and I intend to keep it (it gets hot in the south). But I was thinking about how inefficient it is and I concocted a new idea that I need some help with.

The air conditioner sometimes gets too cold when I only need a little cooling. The compressor is cycling on and off quite often, but if I turn it off it gets too hot and if I slide the temp setting on my climate control over, it is simply adding heat and continuing to cycle the compressor just as often (very inefficient).

So I looked in the manual to see what switched the compressor on and off and there is a thermostat set against the coils inside the car. The thermostat is set to cut on if the temp gets above something like 38-41 F and cut back off when it gets down to 32-35 F. (these numbers are estimates because i dont have the manual with me at work, but they are close to give you the idea)

So my idea was to change this thermostat to an adjustable one, or just a higher set one that would require less cycling of the compressor (or just shorter cycles). Say turn on if the temp is above 50-53 and turn off when it gets below 44-47. This would keep the same range as the stock thermostat, but move it up into a more comfortable area, where i could keep the fan on without sliding the temp control away from full cool. And the compressor shouldn't have to work as much, thus increasing FE in the summer time.

Any ideas or suggestions or corrections would be appreciated.