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If my power goes out (due to ice storms or hurricanes) and I need to rely on a local power supply (battery, solar panels, gas generator), I would like my AC to
by itake 4y ago
If my power goes out (due to ice storms or hurricanes) and I need to rely on a local power supply (battery, solar panels, gas generator), I would like my AC to be as efficient as possible.
- londons_explore 4y agoI didn't explain clearly... AC systems don't have a single efficiency number - they have different efficiencies depending on the indoor temperature, the outdoor temperature, and the number of kilowatts you want delivered. You can generally design any AC system to work efficiently at any specific combination of those variables - but if any variable deviates far from the optimum design point, efficiency will drop. So the real question is, not "I want an efficient system", but "I want an efficient system when it is 20F outdoors, because that's the temperature most of the year".