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We're signed up for it and have never even noticed them cycling it. $25 per year credit...not huge, but nice considering that it's invisible to me.
They can do it in 10-15 minute intervals for up to four hours at a time between 1 PM and 7 PM. No weekends or holidays, and you can choose two days per summer to override it. A typical summer sees them do it 5-10 times and they're limited to 60 hours of cycling per summer.
Progress says you can expect a 1 degree temp rise per hour of cycling, but like I said, I've never noticed a thing.
Depends. Does your house have a lot of shade and a high efficiency AC system? Would probably work well. I had it in Wake Forest. Few trees left up here. On a very hot day the house bakes in the sun. Heats up quickly when the load management would keep the AC from turning on. Not nearly worth the $ when the wife came home early one day. Next day my honey due list had one item on it. "Get rid of load management". It always cut the AC off when you needed it most.
Fast forward a few years. 7 of the largest shade trees I could buy planted and thriving. Replaced the undersized builder grade (junk by any other name) upstairs AC outside unit. I had a top notch AC company look at my system. Not only was the unit undersize it was 'builder grade' junk. Now with a good AC system (Trane) and some decent shade trees I think the load management would work. But I won't be getting it just in case......... gives my ears a rest.
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we are getting ready to move into a home and when it was inspected , our inspector saw that it was installed on the house and recommended that it removed because of the issues it can cause with the a/c system .
we are getting ready to move into a home and when it was inspected , our inspector saw that it was installed on the house and recommended that it removed because of the issues it can cause with the a/c system .
The remotely activated disconnects have been around for decades (originally activated via paging systems). If they damaged HVAC systems, they wouldn't still be used. The newer units have the intelligence to not cycle compressors excessively.
If you're worried about fixing blackouts and brownouts, why not just reduce your own electricity usage at peak times? Generally, weekdays when the temperature is over 90 degrees from about 1 PM - 5 PM.
In addition to the $25, you are also reducing your bill. But a better way to control that is with a programmable thermostat, set to reduce your cooling when you are away.
I signed up, and forgot about it until reading this thread!!! I'm rarely at home during the time they do this. However, I'm concerned that it could potentially shorten the life of the compressor, as one poster has said! :O
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