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Old 03-12-14, 09:06 PM   #90
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Originally Posted by randen View Post
The BBQ gas refrigerant has offered up another advantage of lower power consumption. The 5000Btu window shaker uses about 500 watts with R22 and the R290 is running with 380 watts...
Randen,

I didn't want to be the one to break this to you... but in the summer, your efficiency will increase even more.

Best,

-AC

P.S.: How did you deal with the defrost issue?
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