well you could run the generator to charge some batterries, and run the furnace off of the batterry stack. Nothing smoother than generated wave if done right.
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009, [email protected] wrote: > Dan and all: Our electric utility, in an effort to reduce peak Summer demand > offers an $800 credit for replacing air conditioning systems with a SEER > Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio of 8 with one rated at 16. The new unit > we're going to be paying for for the next few years is in fact rated at 16 > SEER. The system it replaces dates from some time around 1992, and I > understand parts are no longer easily obtainable for it. In order to qualify > for the credit, a certified technician runs a test on the old equipment, > presumably determining how much current is used to create a BTU or 100 BTUs > or whatever. I assume that this ratio is the basis for SEER, though I > havein't actually done much research. Anyway, the furnace folks told us that > there was a 75% probability our old sistem would qualify for the credit. > Unfortunately, when the lad did the test, ours was operating at 8.1 SEER, not > the magic 8, so we lost the $800 bucks. I was unhappy, disappointed and > displeased with t hi > s, so I called the sales folks and told them not geting the credit was a deal > breaker. I got an Email back saying they'd discount the thing $450, so we > only got shafted for $350, which I guess feels a little better. > Additionally, I wound up buying the 3KW generator from Aldis, and decided to > be smart and have a qualified electrician do a pigtail and switch on the new > furnace. I thought I was being very clever in doing this, but I found out > that because there's a belief that portable generators don't generate > consistently, the manufacturer's warantee would be voided if we did this. I > guess new furnaces all run off sensitive circuit boards these days. > > Bill Stephan > Kansas Citty MO > Email: [email protected] > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Rossi <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, October 9, 2009 2:19 pm > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] What? The government ambiguous? >> Bill, >> >> I know what you mean, both about the new furnace being painful, >> and the >> government being a bit ambiguous. >> >> Several years ago I had a new furnace and integrated hot water >> tank >> installed. I didn't opt for the super high efficiency model >> because it >> was just too expensive and I didn't believe that it would save me >> enough >> money to justify the additional cost. >> >> Even though I was replacing a very old, battered very inefficient >> furnace, >> I couldn't get the tax credit because it wasn't like a 94% >> efficient >> furnace. >> >> On the other hand, I did get something like 250 bucks off of my >> taxes >> because of a new door that I installed. It had the low E glass >> and >> everything. Of course, I ripped out a wall to install the door, >> so not >> sure that was exactly in the spirit of the law, but they didn't >> ask that. >> >> I am now waiting to see about tax credits and government subsidies >> on >> appliances so I can get a new washer and possibly dryer. >> >> -- >> Blue skies. >> Dan Rossi >> Carnegie Mellon University. >> E-Mail: [email protected] >> Tel: (412) 268-9081 >> >
