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"Walter Cohen" <w_cohen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bBVug.58$MU1.23@fe11.lga...
> 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?
The question omitted whether better = feeling
more comfortable or better = cheaper. If you can
read your electricity meter, you can try both methods,
record meters for similar sample days, and see how
elec. consumption compares.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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Re: Central A/C - leave running or use set-back thermometer?
