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m Ransley
 
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Default Leave furnace blower running 24/7? waste of money.

Sure run it 24x7 to save the motor , and heat - cool more evenly or
just do what is smart . get a better thermostat or adjust your
anticipator for less swing , or get the proper equipment with a DC
motor . Or get a better tech.

My last motor was original, 40 yrs old and consumed apx 550 watts.
The furnace never runs more than 8 hrs a day in winter at -10f and avg
over the whole summer 1 hr a day. So say in winter for 6 months I
would be adding 16 hrs and in summer for 6 months 23 hrs running. So
in winter I would add 8.8 kwh daily, 264 kwh mo. 1584 kwh - 6 mo x
0.12 kwh for an increase $ 190.00 . In summer 12.65 kwh daily
379.5 mo. 2277 - 6 mo x .012 kwh = $273.24 or $463.24 a year or
9264.80 over 20 yrs or an axp 40000.00 -50000.00 with compounded
interest . Sure everybodys run time is different but many of you have
much bigger unefficient motors pulling Double this amount or more.

So how many motors and doughnuts can you buy for $ 40 - 50000.00
thousand thousand thousand. And for what , better air flow?

Go buy a new furnace with a DC motor that consumes 50% less and a
Cadillac first.