Hi,
Our winter is very cold.
Should I leave the power to the unit on or turn it off?
TIA,

On 9/28/2010 7:45 PM, Tony Hwang wrote:
Hi,
Our winter is very cold.
Should I leave the power to the unit on or turn it off?
TIA,

if it's not a heat pump it won't matter. But why would you turn it off
anyway?

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Steve Barker wrote:

On 9/28/2010 7:45 PM, Tony Hwang wrote:
Hi,
Our winter is very cold.
Should I leave the power to the unit on or turn it off?
TIA,

if it's not a heat pump it won't matter. But why would you turn it off
anyway?

Presumably the idea is to save the few cents of power used by the
compressor's crankcase heater.

On Sep 28, 8:45*pm, Tony Hwang wrote:
Hi,
Our winter is very cold.
Should I leave the power to the unit on or turn it off?
TIA,

If it is just an ac then it very well may not matter. Most typical
outside ac units do not use any power if the contactor is not engaged.

Turning it off would save a small ammount of energy for the crankcase
heater (typically 54 watts). If you turn it off, please turn the power
back on at least a full day before you use the AC, two days is better.
Othewise, compressor damage can occur.

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"Tony Hwang" wrote in message
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Hi,
Our winter is very cold.
Should I leave the power to the unit on or turn it off?
TIA,

A non living compressor can collect refrigerant in with the oil.

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"A. Baum" wrote in message
news On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:45:38 -0600, Tony Hwang wrote:

Hi,
Our winter is very cold.
Should I leave the power to the unit on or turn it off? TIA,

Why would the ODU care? It's not a living entity.

On 9/29/2010 8:43 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Turning it off would save a small ammount of energy for the crankcase
heater (typically 54 watts). If you turn it off, please turn the power
back on at least a full day before you use the AC, two days is better.
Othewise, compressor damage can occur.


i'm sure the installers don't wait two days to fire up a new install.

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On Sep 28, 7:45*pm, Tony Hwang wrote:
Hi,
Our winter is very cold.
Should I leave the power to the unit on or turn it off?
TIA,

What is an ODU????

Makes sense, to me. Might be an issue only in cold weather.

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"Steve Barker" wrote in message
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On 9/29/2010 8:43 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Turning it off would save a small ammount of energy for the
crankcase
heater (typically 54 watts). If you turn it off, please turn the
power
back on at least a full day before you use the AC, two days is
better.
Othewise, compressor damage can occur.


i'm sure the installers don't wait two days to fire up a new install.

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hr(bob) wrote the following:
On Sep 28, 7:45 pm, Tony Hwang wrote:

Hi,
Our winter is very cold.
Should I leave the power to the unit on or turn it off?
TIA,


What is an ODU????

Old Dominion University?
Olive Drab Uniform? :-)

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