What air conditioner? What do you need that for?
> On Oct 29, 2015, at 3:49 PM, Marc Veeneman <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
