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You thought correctly.. I still have them, but...

...they emit SO MUCH heat that I could use them only about the four months per year we're not refrigerating our homes.. Yes, Phoenix has 6 months of summer--mid-April thru mid-October--and 6 months of nonsummer, but it really is 'warm' enough in mid-March thru mid-November to have the 5-ton big hummer on.

Maybe I ought to calculate the cost (off-peak*, of course) to determine the extra cost of operating them.. Hmm...(looking for specs)...500 Watts each = one kW per hour, times...say...3 hours per day = 1095 kW per year, times 15 cents per kWh, equals $164 per year.. The X260.8s draw 375 Watts each, so they cost 375/500*$164 or $123 per year, a difference of $41 PER ENTIRE YEAR! Hmm, I guess I've been too knee-jerky about this.. I do believe I'll get them running.

Thx!
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* Our plan's peak hours are 4PM - 7PM, weekdays (less holidays), with the peak rate double the off-peak rate.



Edits: 06/27/24

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