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I am not sure of this, but I would expect higher power consumption onOn 11 Oct 2004 05:20:50 -0700, pascaldamian@icqmail.com (Pascal
Damian) wrote:
The sales rep that sold me AC told me that my AC unit will consume
about 1400W when starting up, then 700W *constantly* regardless of
temperature setting (e.g. 20C vs 25C). Is that true? I'm guessing not,
but I'm not sure.
I would expect it to consume 700W _while running_, regardless of the
thermostat setting. If it produces enough cooling to bring the room
temperature below the thermostat setting, then it will turn off, and
consume no power, until the temperature rises enough for it to
re-start.
The higher you set the thermostat, the less cooling it will have to
do, so it will run for a smaller percentage of the time, and so the
average power consumption will be lower.
But what is the definition of "running"? If I turn the unit on (pressOn 11 Oct 2004 05:20:50 -0700, pascaldamian@icqmail.com (Pascal
Damian) wrote:
The sales rep that sold me AC told me that my AC unit will consume
about 1400W when starting up, then 700W *constantly* regardless of
temperature setting (e.g. 20C vs 25C). Is that true? I'm guessing not,
but I'm not sure.
I would expect it to consume 700W _while running_, regardless of the
thermostat setting. If it produces enough cooling to bring the room
temperature below the thermostat setting, then it will turn off, and
consume no power, until the temperature rises enough for it to
re-start.
The higher you set the thermostat, the less cooling it will have to
do, so it will run for a smaller percentage of the time, and so the
average power consumption will be lower.
By "running", I mean actually cooling - the compressor and fans arePeter Bennett <peterbb@somewhere.invalid> wrote in message news:<63hlm05tof67h8492sk8t0pul4p2g1arht@news.supernews.com>...
I would expect it to consume 700W _while running_, regardless of the
thermostat setting. If it produces enough cooling to bring the room
temperature below the thermostat setting, then it will turn off, and
consume no power, until the temperature rises enough for it to
re-start.
But what is the definition of "running"? If I turn the unit on (press
ON on the remote control) and set it to Cooling mode, then a blue LED
will light all the time. However, from time to time another orange LED
will light for a while and during that time the outside fan runs, but
I guess this has to do with freshening the air inside the room by
bringing air from the outside, and doesn't have anything to do with
cooling. Am I right?