Its an inverter style, so the compressor ramps up and down. Just a normal
honeywell thermostat attatched to it, all the 'smarts' are hard coded in.
On September 24, 2021 10:35:21 AM CDT, Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com>
wrote:
>Odd. I wonder if it has a 2 speed compressor?
>How about turning the temp down so it stays on all the time and then see if
>it goes to the lower power draw.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nate Burke
>Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 8:47 AM
>To: Animal Farm
>Subject: [AFMUG] AC Power draw
>
>I reduced some server load in one of my rooms cooled with a Mitsubishi
>Minisplit. The minisplit was running at about a constant 450w draw to
>maintain temp in the room. Since I switched off the extra load, the
>unit is now cycling on and off, going between 0w and 1800w It's
>spending about 20 min off and 40 min on.
>
>Is this math right
>450w constant = 0.45kwh
>
>1800w for 40 min = 1.18kwh
>
>I turned off about 1100w of server load, so it only actually saved 700w
>of draw by reducing the server draw since the AC is now pulling more?
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