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Originally Posted by sperry
I'd rather have a thermostat I can set and not think about, than "a comfortable home" by your definition. I don't consider 85F to be comfortable when it's 100F out. I want it to be 76F (though Lisa wouldn't mind the higher temps  , she's always freezing ). And I still contend that claiming overall 80% better efficiency is nonsense if you can't realize the same functionality (76F when ambient is 100F).
Additionally, my water bill for keeping the grass alive is *far* higher than my cooling (electricity) bill. I need a way to get 80% more efficient sprinklers. That would make an actual difference in savings. It's far more expensive to heat the house in the winter (natural gas) than to cool it in the summer... running the A/C all the time doesn't bother me all that much.
I will say this though: when it's 110F out... even the A/C can barely keep up. I think I need both coolers... I'm gonna go rig up a water sprayer on the heat exchanger in the back yard.  |
Modern coolers can be/are thermostatically controlled.
They can do 76F@100F and do it more stably than AC over time. GO READ THE DAMN STUDY!!!
And considering the largely region specific nature of this board, the 80% claim is more than reasonable.
Now grass in this climate is just silly, but that is a whole other discussion. Desert/zero-scape and/or put in drip. I know, you are renting/leasing, but you should have thought of that when you selected it.
right back at you...