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Originally Posted by worahm
You said...."When they are off, they use no electricity. The lower you set the temperature, the longer the unit will run, and the more electricity you will use. It is as simple as that. "
Maybe not.......There is a third condition you are ignoring.. An AC can draw 3 times as much current when it is starting then when it is running. So continuously starting and stopping your compressor will result in using significantly more power. Frequetly changing the inside temperature setting will cause the AC to start the compressor and cooling fan many more times then when you leave the AC set at one temperature.
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You are right about the 50 millisecond start spike after that you are incorrect. If you want to see my AC power spike live on my phone I'll be happy to meet you at a rec center.
Again I have data from ten thousand reads of my power every second here in TV for years, not a theory.