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re: energy savings from increasing my a/c eer rating?
9 jul 2003
beachcooler wrote:
>jim caldwell wrote:
>> our current 220 volt 23,000 btu/hr home air conditioner has an eer of 8.5,
>> and i would like to know what the energy savings would be if we replaced it
>> with a unit of the same btu/hr but with a 9.6 eer. the current a/c makes our
>> power meter literally spin like a top every time the compressor kicks in. do
>> you have to double the eer in order to halve the power consumption?
yes.
>my exact calculations are at the office, but suffice it to say it is an
>exponential relationship.
and the exponent is one.
>http://www.energy-miser.com
are you really in the heating and cooling business? :-)
nick
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