On Saturday, August 2, 2014 7:41:32 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sat, 02 Aug 2014 19:20:14 -0400, wrote:





And how much current does this AC unit draw, steady state? And how

long will it run on the hottest day of the year, in the hottest year

in 10 years???



If it draws much over 15amps the seer would be so low you could not

even install it in any state with an energy code.

+1

I made exactly the same point. The spec sheet says the rated imput wattage is
4600W. That's 19A, which also happens to be the compressor RLA. It's 41000btu,
3.7 tons. And it's 16 SEER. You couldn't sell it here period, it wouldn't
meet the min federal SEER standards. Just from practical experience, #6
makes no sense.

Clare is looking in the wrong end of the telescope. He's trying to analyze
the load. The engineers already did that and put the "min circuit ampacity 26A"
on the UL label. The load is saying, "Hook me up to a 26A or greater circuit."