Air Conditioner

[thescreensavers]

So for electricity use which is better.


Setting it to 78 or Off? In Florida.


Trying to figure out were 3344 Kwh is going too...

 

[FoBoT]

off will definitely draw the least amount of power. as long as you leave it off. all the time.

 

[theflyingpig]

So for electricity use which is better.


Setting it to 78 or Off? In Florida.


Trying to figure out were 3344 Kwh is going too...

Well shit. Since you're in Florida, I'd have to say off. If you were anywhere else though, leaving it on would save more electricity. Everyone knows this.

 

[techs]

off will definitely draw the least amount of power. as long as you leave it off. all the time.

Yes, I am going to go out on a limb and say you're right.

 

[BoomerD]

So for electricity use which is better.


Setting it to 78 or Off? In Florida.


Trying to figure out were 3344 Kwh is going too...

Obviously "OFF" is going to use less power than "78" if the room ever gets above 78...

You don't mention if you mean turning the unit off, then back on to cool the room later...

Even in that case,, turning it completely off will still use less energy over the course of a day/month, but the unit will have to run longer to cool the room when you need it cooled...but still an overall energy saving.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

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[thescreensavers]

Obviously "OFF" is going to use less power than "78" if the room ever gets above 78...

You don't mention if you mean turning the unit off, then back on too cool the room later...

Even in that case,, turning it completely off will still use less energy over the course of a day/month, but the unit will have to run longer to cool the room when you need it cooled...but still an overall energy saving.

On the thermostat. any how I am thinking of turning the outside things off for the bottom two , and leaving the one upstairs to cool alone, I wonder how that would work as a test. The only problems would be the subdivided rooms though.

 

[BoomerD]

On the thermostat. any how I am thinking of turning the outside things off for the bottom two , and leaving the one upstairs to cool alone, I wonder how that would work as a test. The only problems would be the subdivided rooms though.

This doesn't really answer any of my questions...well, maybe.

So, you want to turn one or more AC units completely off to save energy, and turn them back on later to cool the house/room?
That will save electricity, but it will take longer to cool things down.

Not sure what you mean by

turning the outside things off for the bottom two, and leaving the one upstairs to cool alone

.

 

[sivart]

Now you should always leave the fan in "auto" mode so that it only runs with the actual unit is cooling. Use ceiling fans if you want to move air in the room when the air conditioner isn't actively cooling.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I like my AC unit. It costs nothing to run it.

The furnace on the other hand...


On serious note, if you have a "fan" switch, consider using that on it's own. It will run the furnace blower without the AC and just circulate air. Open windows at night and make sure they're closed by morning. Then again don't know if that works in Florida... probably super hot even at night.

 

[olds]

Holt shit.
And I thought this dude was a dumbass:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2023912

 

[thescreensavers]

This doesn't really answer any of my questions...well, maybe.

So, you want to turn one or more AC units completely off to save energy, and turn them back on later to cool the house/room?
That will save electricity, but it will take longer to cool things down.

Not sure what you mean by
.

The things with Fans outside lol, I dont know what they are exactly called.

Now you should always leave the fan in "auto" mode so that it only runs with the actual unit is cooling. Use ceiling fans if you want to move air in the room when the air conditioner isn't actively cooling.

Already set to "Auto"

also I wonder if they are actually coming out to look at the meter or doing a guess from last month..

Anyhow, just trying to figure out how to lower the bill overall. From last year same month we used about 1000 more Kw/H this year, the culprit would prob be cooling. hmm

We do all this energy saving tips..ect but the bill does not show it lol.

 

[theblackbox]

no air conditioner for us either. we do have a wood burning stove for the winter.

but when the hottest it gets in the summer is right at 80 degrees, not much of a need for air conditioning.

 

[Leros]

mouse

 

[shortylickens]

This doesn't really answer any of my questions...well, maybe.

So, you want to turn one or more AC units completely off to save energy, and turn them back on later to cool the house/room?
That will save electricity, but it will take longer to cool things down.

Not sure what you mean by
.

When we got a digital thermostat I was told to NOT change the temp by more than 4 degrees or else the heater or AC has to work extra hard to change the house temp. In the summer we set it for 78 while out of the house, and 74 while in the house.

In winter we set it for 64 and 68.

 

[iGas]

When we got a digital thermostat I was told to NOT change the temp by more than 4 degrees or else the heater or AC has to work extra hard to change the house temp. In the summer we set it for 78 while out of the house, and 74 while in the house.

In winter we set it for 64 and 68.

I'm not sure what you mean by "work extra hard"?

You don't want the AC/heatpump unit to cycling more often than necessary because initial start up consumes more energy than constant running, hence it is best to set the system to run at at the very least +/- 3F (default is 5-7F). Best is to set fluctuation zone for +/- 7-9F.

The only reason that I think you were told not to playing around with the thermostat is because you can freeze the coil and it would force the heater to come on to thaw it out, that would greatly increase power consumption.

<--- plumbing/gas/HVAC mech

 

[Chaotic42]

Off, but remember a few things:

1-78+ is miserable in most places. With humidity it's horrible.
2-Your AC will also work to de-humidify the air. This will lessen the likelyhood of mold and whatnot.
3-Constantly adjusting your AC can be bad. Set it and leave it. If you make the temperature in your house go up and down, you're wasting electricity.

 

[arcenite]

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