For those nice summer days when no AC is required, I open the breaker.
No sense heating the compressor oil when it's 70 outside..
These last few days have been HOT! And the Sanyo has been running 24-7.
We are using just under 7 kWh per day. ($1.40 a day).
7kw / 24 hours = 291.66 watts per hour average. Wow!
I've noticed during the day (like right now 8:50AM @ 80F outdoors),
it's using 50 watts. When it comes on a little more, it draws around 400w.
During the night time (no solar gain) it's loafing along at 50 watts a lot..
As an aside, if one had 300 to 500w of PV connected to his grid,
a Sanyo ASHP could cool his home pretty cheaply on these very hot days..
Today, it's going to be really hot again.
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It could be an 8 kWh day!
I was never sure what our old 18,000 BTU Sears AC was drawing, but I'll
bet you a beer it's was
at least 16 kWhs on dog days like these..
Cheers,
Rich