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   danny burstein to default   
   Re: window air conditioner, was: efficie   
   11 Jan 19 17:10:18   
   
   From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   In  default  writes:   
      
   >>Annoyingly, though, Lucky Goldstar is only offering a couple   
   >>of models in the US, with ratings in the 14,000 BTU range.   
   >>   
   >>I wrote to them asking if they'd please consider selling   
   >>smaller, like 5 to 10,000 ones.  Not at this time...   
      
   >Since they do run the compressor slower as cooling needs are met, you   
   >probably shouldn't look at an inverter AC the same as you would a   
   >standard AC.  If you need 10,000 BTU a 14,000 btu will throttle back   
   >to around 20% of the power a 14K would require and that would still be   
   >less than the 10K would use.   
      
   Oh, absoposolutely.  But there's still the size, material,   
   and cost waste...   
      
   Of course I found these units two weeks _after_ I picked   
   up and installed the traditional ones in our house...   
      
      
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