I'm sitting here this morning looking at 68 degF and thinking about turning on the Sanyo.. But, my wife is saying No.
What I don't like about going to the breaker box is having to step over the plumping for the back-up (water-powered) Sump pump.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f147/Xringer/D004.jpg
So a switch would be the best way to go. But, since it's a 230 volt romex cable, installation is more complex..
I should put the current probe on the other hot side, and see if it still uses 60w.
That would show me if there was a 120v load inside the Sanyo..
I'm wondering why the parasite drain is so high.?.
Maybe the power monitor is in error, or the Sanyo engineers decided to keep the compressor oil warm all the time.?.
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What I would really like is about 470 watts of grid-tie PV to offset the Sanyo during those hot summer days.
And a dump-load inside my hotwater source!
Something like this!
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1.../mcintyre1.jpg