I don’t think the derate for altitude is significant. I would be more concerned about their efficiency at low temperatures. And being a heat pump, the air coming out of it won’t feel warm like it does with a gas fired furnace.
Specs for the MR.COOL DIY units: https://mrcool.com/wp-content/dox_repo/mc-diy-es-4-ss-en-01.pdf -D > On Oct 15, 2022, at 1:18 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On Sat, 15 Oct 2022 08:46:01 -0400 mitch--- via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I just had a thought. >> There's an inverse relationship between altitude and the heat carrying >> capacity of a given volume of air. >> What does that do to the efficiency of a heat pump, in Flagstaff (7k) >> or Moriarty (10k)? > > Moriarty is 6.2k. > > >> It seems like the thin air would make the temperatures of the two heat >> exchangers farther apart. > > It does. Less efficient transfer of heat to air during the cooling season > would make the outside heat exchanger hotter and the inside heat exchanger > cooler. I suppose I could calculate what the effect would be. > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
