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16 Jan 2009 06:05 PM

Any idea how to tell what kind of wattage our compressor runs on?  We have a split system...York 3 ton multi-position airhandler w/15kw electric heat and a Waterfurnace premiere cube unit....we haven't had an electric bill that was totally on the new heat system, but we are using many more kw hours than before.  THat being said, we replaced a gas furnace that we used very little in the winter b/c we instead used a buck stove with a blower and fans to circulate hot air...I think overall we're better off b/c although we have a higher electric bill, we have no gas bill and I think the savings will be better established over the course of a year.  But I'm a little concerned that we are not saving as much in electric as I thought we would...we are not using our aux heat (on the York air handler) at all. 

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16 Jan 2009 08:33 PM
Possibly around 3 kW including pump and blower, but that's a wild guess. Model number and approximate loop flows and temperatures would help narrow it down.
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16 Jan 2009 09:01 PM
P034D10CASSA Waterfurnace premiere cube unit...am I asking the right question? KW or is it watts? How do I meansure loop flows and temperatures?
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16 Jan 2009 09:37 PM

Pick up/order a Wattnode

KW is a thousand watts

KWH would likely interest you more , these measurments must be taken over time (H is for hour)

If you want to know Voltage times Amperage divided by 1000 and correct for Power factor ( estimate .80 will vary ) estimate run time , and estimate LRA on system KWH and you get a very estimated answer

In short pick up a Wattnode

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16 Jan 2009 09:45 PM
Surf a bit here or at geoexchange.org for measurement methods. KW = 1000 Watts. Electricity is billed in units of 1000 Watts used for 1 hour.

I found WFs SP1557.pdf and in it I read that the cube alone should use 1.9 kW for middling flows of loop water at 30-50 deg F. To that add 200-400 Watts each for pump and blower, so I'll refine my wild guess down to 2.5 kW and call it a free-range guess.

Cost per hour is ~2.5 X your utility's rate per kwh. National average for that is 12 cents, but varies widely by region and utility.

Wattnode looks nifty but might be a bit beyond needs and ability of some folks to integrate it into their systems and understand its output
Curt Kinder <br><br>

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is - Winston Churchill <br><br><a href="http://www.greenersolutionsair.com">www.greenersolutionsair.com</a>
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