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- From: sasmyc@firefly.unx.sas.com (Mark Craver)
- Subject: Re: How to cut back my heat bill?
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:38:27 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.175535.1694@osf.org>, drand@spinner.osf.org (Douglas S. Rand) writes:
- >
- >Although Stavros debunked this elsewhere in this thread, I'll
- >do it here. The laws of thermodynamics says that the heat loss
- >is directly proportional to the temperature delta. It is never
- >more expensive to let the house cool down and reheat. It is not
- >like a car, the furnace operates at essentially a constant efficiency.
- >In fact, the furnace is probably a bit more efficient in the longer
- >runs for reheat, but doesn't make a big difference.
-
- I will buy this for a furnace, but what about the "high" efficiency
- heat pump. Isn't there something that kicks in when you turn the heat
- up a certain amount, that makes the heatpump very inefficient? Wouldn't
- this support the constant heat theory for residences with heat pumps?
- I'm just thankful that mine's a high efficiency one, because if it
- weren't, I couldn't afford to operate it! 8*}
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