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febisfebi

febisfebi

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ttystikk said:
I've no idea how you calculated that but it certainly does not use that much electricity.

It runs until the water in the cold circuit has reached the setpoint, then it shuts down until it has climbed the rise programed into the thermostat. In this way it provides continuous cooling (and heating) whether it's actually running or not. Thus it tailors its output to the actual load, automatically.

It uses about a third less power to cool than conventional AC- and the heat it provides is basically free, since it's recovered from the cooling circuit rather than being generated anew.
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I figured it worked something like that. I got that number from 230v at 42A, which according to their site for the 5 ton, is the "Min Circuit Ampacity"

I was just wondering if you noticed how much your power bill went up when the chiller was first installed.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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febisfebi said:
I figured it worked something like that. I got that number from 230v at 42A, which according to their site for the 5 ton, is the "Min Circuit Ampacity"

I was just wondering if you noticed how much your power bill went up when the chiller was first installed.
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It went DOWN, LOL

That's the startup amperage from the compressor, which is fed by a capacitor so it doesn't draw so much and trip breakers. I think it runs at about 16A @240V. Not too bad for 60k BTu. And the heat bonus...
 
febisfebi

febisfebi

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No, not bad at all. is that an avererage, or constant number? or it it only when the compressor gets flipped on?
 
febisfebi

febisfebi

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ttystikk said:
It went DOWN, LOL

That's the startup amperage from the compressor, which is fed by a capacitor so it doesn't draw so much and trip breakers. I think it runs at about 16A @240V. Not too bad for 60k BTu. And the heat bonus...
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Down, huh? is that because of a less efficient chiller you replaced, or no more heating bills, (which I thought were natural gas, but I could be wrong) or perhaps from increased lighting efficiency? There has got to be some variable here I am missing, lol
But nonetheless very impressive!
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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febisfebi said:
Down, huh? is that because of a less efficient chiller you replaced, or no more heating bills, (which I thought were natural gas, but I could be wrong) or perhaps from increased lighting efficiency? There has got to be some variable here I am missing, lol
But nonetheless very impressive!
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I replaced two 2 Ton chillers of the same brand with the one bigger unit. Is more efficient than they were, even before the heat bonus.

If you go back through this thread, you'll see that I've been heating my home with 'waste' heat from chillers for some 4 winters now.

Lighting efficiency improvements are separate, I didn't count them.
 
febisfebi

febisfebi

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How is it that you need 60k btu of water chilling? that seems like a lot. was that out of neccessity, or more to reduce the load on the chiller?
 
Afgan King

Afgan King

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a mongo frog said:
Even while still enriching right? Temps down too? Fuck you guys keep changing the play book......... Ok Im going to try it also...........
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Yup I push 12-1300 at 71° room and 75° canopy @ttystikk saw how rock hard and resinous it makes the buds. It's pretty intense honestly how much they thrive and same company I worked for runs that in veg and flower enriching in both and slaying shit non stop lol trust me it's a beautiful thing when you get the cooler temps then drop humidity honestly what it reminds me of is Colorado fall weather and they love this shit they talk about how the fruits grown here are better due to cold nights and somewhat warm days never getting too hot or humid tho. Wait till u feel your density at those temps lol :hump::mrgreen::clap:
 
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