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Posted by on September 24, 2007, 7:10 pm
> kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:
> >
> >>kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
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> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>FWIW, our peak day this year was August 12. Our AC ran for 11
> >
> > hours
> >
> >>>>>40
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>minutes.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>Straight or in a 24 hr period?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>In a 24 hour period, midnight to midnight.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>I hope that wasn't at design temperature.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Whatever design parameters were used 25 years ago when the house was
> >>>>>>built have been forgotten long ago. And the original designer
> >
> > couldn't
> >
> >>>>>>have known what temperature profile I would now set in my
programmable
> >>>>>>thermostat (especially since I don't think such thermostats were
even
> >>>>>>on the market yet back then), nor could (s)he have known that I
would
> >>>>>>have installed a radiant barrier in my attic, nor many other factors
> >>>>>>that affect the AC load. So there's really not much sense in
> >
> > discussing
> >
> >>>>>>whether the peak day this year was at "design temperature" or not.
In
> >>>>>>fact, one might argue that design by rule can't hope to get very
close
> >>>>>>to the "right" answer, particularly when load patterns can change
over
> >>>>>>time (e.g. I could install more insulation or the insulation I have
> >>>>>>could compact and lose its effectiveness, I could throw more/fewer
> >>>>>>parties with lots of heat-exhaling guests, global warming could
affect
> >>>>>>the climate, I could plant trees which over time could mature and
> >
> > shade
> >
> >>>>>>the house, I could install blinds and draperies, I could paint the
> >>>>>>house a different color and install a different color roof, etc.).
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Geez.... 25 years old, replace that old energy hog!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Replacing it would be uneconomical.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Not likely.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>like you would have a clue
> >
> >
> >
> > You sure don't.
> >
> >
>
> ???
>
> You're talking some real nonsense, boy.
Boy, if you see a boy, you must be looking in a mirror.
> I know a lot more about what it costs to run my AC than you do.
I know *a lot* more about properly sized units that save on operational
costs.
Which is what you lack.
> And I question the value of any economic analysis you do _without_ that
> information.
A moron would question facts.
Why, cause their not smart enough to understand the details.
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