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Sorry - set-back THERMOSTAT...
Walter
"Walter Cohen" <w_cohen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello.
> I live in NY.
>
> I'm wondering if it is better to leave a central a/c unit running during
> the day when no one is home, either at the normal temperature or at a few
> degrees warmer -or- use a set-back thermometer when leaving for work in
> the morning and have the A/C unit start up again an hour or 2 before
> coming home later in the afternoon?
>
> I use a set-back thermometer and it takes my unit 3 hours of continuous
> operation to bring the temperature down 8 degrees.
>
> Some people have told me that it makes more sense, energy wise and cost
> wise, to not set the thermostat warmer in the morning and have the unit
> struggle for hours on end in the afternoon trying to get back to the
> original comfortable temperature. Instead they say to leave the A/C on as
> it would probably cost the same if not less to periodically cool an
> already cool house instead of cooling a house that isn't cool at all.
> Con Edison says to turn off the A/C when no one is home but I think they
> refer to window units (as they also say to turn the AC back on again via
> auto-timer a half hour before returning - a half hour would do nothing for
> me)
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Walter
>
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Re: Central A/C - leave running or use set-back thermometer?
