Hi All, It's almost summertime, and for those of us in the Arizona desert that means high energy bills for cooling. I am looking for a good list on how to save energy (mainly to enquire on proper AC control.)
If any of you can shed light on my problem, it would be much appreciated: I have a two story home (3,200 sqft) with two central air conditioning units. The unit for the second story is smaller and uses less electricity when in use. I have top-grade insulation and energy efficient windows and doors. I have just purchased two Honeywell programmable thermostats to control the units, and am wondering how to set them. My electric company offers an on-peak, off-peak plan that I am on. Electricity costs 0.165 cents per kWh from 1:00PM to 8:00PM and 0.0369 cents all other times. Therefore, I have set my units to run (for the most part) before and after 1:00-8:00 PM. Basically the house will be cooled to 77 degrees in the off peak hours and allowed to warm to 84 degrees in the on-peak hours. Is this a good plan for efficiency? Can my upstairs unit alone do the job of cooling the house efficiently during on-peak hours? Any ideas? TIA, Ryan Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
