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Run time vs right-sizing Vance 12-07-2006
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Posted by PrecisionMachinisT on December 7, 2006, 3:33 pm

>
> You make similar decisions/tradeoffs when choosing between a pickup
> truck with a 4 cylinder engine or an theoretically oversized 10
> cylinder engine... some people like the short cycle, other don't,
> regardless of the energy cost, it's whatever you prefer.
>

Oversizing is a stupid or at the very least an uninformed decision
nonetheless....

IF you wanting rapid recovery time then multi stage.

--

SVL




Posted by Noon-Air on December 7, 2006, 6:40 pm
Troll

> At -10C, which is also my design temp, my condensing gas furnace runs for
> 20 mins every 2 hours to maintain a setpoint of 18C with a spread of .5C,
> obviously it is theoretically oversized, however, if sized 'correctly' it
> would run continuously at -10C and use significantly more KWH's. Which
> would be the better scenario, almost continuous run times to improve
> comfort at the expense of higher electricity usage or the shorter cycles
> with less wear on the blower and draft inducer fan?
>



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