"TURTLE" wrote in message
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"Raymond Koonce" wrote in message
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Bob wrote:

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 11:42:54 -0500, "Faustino Dina"
wrote:



Is it true that 110 VAC air conditioners waste more electricity than a
220
VAC unit?

Thanks in advance



Yes - assuming everything else is equal, the 110VAC unit has
approximately double the current flow and thus a greater heat loss in
the wiring.


Correct me if I'm wrong here, but as I understand it (told by a power
company employee) the speed of the meter spin depends on the leg with
the heaviest current draw. So if you have 60 amps on one leg and 20 on
the other, you pay for the 60 amp leg. Another reason to balance your
loads between legs.


This is Turtle.

Electric meter average the load on each leg of the service. If you have
500 watts draw on one leg and a 1,000 watts draw on the
other. the meter will see 750 watt draw . So it will record 750 watts as
the two are averaged by the meter.

The ideal of balancing the load is out of not getting one leg too loaded
up to cause low voltage drop or a over load on that one
circuit. The Electic Meter does not care about a out of balance circuits.

TURTLE


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That can't be true. If I'm drawing 1000 watts of one leg and nothing off the
other, the average is 500 watts. Free power! If this is true, a 120 volt
load is always more economical because only half the power is registered.
This is not the case. If you are use 1000w off of one leg and 500 of the
other, the meter registeres 1500w of usage.

John