I agree with Jim, especially during air conditioning season. Why pay the electric company to heat with an Astron while I'm paying to cool with a Carrier?
Switchers win this battle. -- Marc W8SDG > On Oct 29, 2015, at 5:18 PM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu,10/29/2015 1:41 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: >> I am yet another guy who leaves the Astron on 24x7 unless we leave for >> vacation of more than a day. > > You might not do that if you lived in W6, where, thanks to Enron, the cost of > power is MUCH higher than in most of the US. In Chicago, my worst case > differential cost of power was about $0.13/kWh; here in CA, it's in the range > of $0.36/kWh. In Chicago, an Astron ran 24/7. In CA, I use the quietest, most > efficient switcher I can find, supplementing it with solar panels during the > summer months. > > 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
