Probably the biggest energy hog is the dehumidifier in the basement.. 785 watts! It turns on and runs for 10 minutes and then turns off for 10 minutes... I'm thinking about installing a cycle timer on its power plug so it turns off for 4 hours and then turns on for two or something. Dehumidifiers are just basically air conditioning units that simply pump the heat back into the house instead of expelling it.. Everything else is the same.. and what I know about air conditioners is that they are horribly inefficient when they first start up and the longer they run, the more efficient they are.. err.. more or less.. there is a plateau.. but its not 10 minutes.
FYI check out a heat pump hot water heater, it heats your water and dehumidify s the basement at the same time. Works best with households who use a lot of hot water over the course of the day but preferably stretched out a bit. The trade off with them is that they are not fast response so if there is sudden high demand for water, the electric coils turn on in the tank (unless you are devious person who makes folks wait for hot water )
I personally like the external units that sit next to a standard hot water heater compared to an integrated one in case there is need for service. There is person called heatingstuff who sells the external ones on Ebay.
FYI check out a heat pump hot water heater, it heats your water and dehumidify s the basement at the same time. Works best with households who use a lot of hot water over the course of the day but preferably stretched out a bit. The trade off with them is that they are not fast response so if there is sudden high demand for water, the electric coils turn on in the tank (unless you are devious person who makes folks wait for hot water )
I personally like the external units that sit next to a standard hot water heater compared to an integrated one in case there is need for service. There is person called heatingstuff who sells the external ones on Ebay.
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