kragen 2 days ago

Only when you cook, though, except for the fridge, which produces very little heat.

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  • conductr a day ago

    Yes this is exactly my point, I don’t cook ~12 hours a day every day. Usually less than 1 and even use the oven less often, most days not at all

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    • kragen a day ago

      Right. Although actually cooling is less energy-intensive—removing 3000 watts of heat only costs about 1000 watts of electricity.

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      • conductr 15 hours ago

        Hrm. You probably know better than me, but I always assumed that since my cooling cost in Summer is 5x the cost of my heating cost in winter (with similar differentials, eg. heat+30 degrees, cool-30 degrees) that it was a less efficient process.

        The napkin math still doesn't make since if I have to increase the cooling of house ~half the day (would be more since summer has longer days.) Other considerations would be extra wear on the HVAC equipment and just the comfort impact of increased fluctuations.

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