J Baber
06-02-2005, 10:38 AM
Craig M. Armstrong wrote:
>Chuck Yerkes <newsboy@july2004.NOSPAMsnew.com> wrote in message news:<tQiKc.102661$a24.52606@attbi_s03>...
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>>RE: the AC. Can a filter from your AC -> wall be added?
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>The AC is a 3-ton whole house unit on it's own 240V circuit. Is there
>a filter that could help, and where would it go?
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>
I had good luck by accident with a similar problem when I added my KVAR
unit to improve my homes poor power factor.
This "KVAR unit" is basically matched large capacitances between each
leg of the incoming 120 VAC lines and neutral at your service panel. It
should be installed by an electrician, but is only about a 15 minute
job. see. http://kvarnrg.com/
The KVAR unit did what I had intended it to do, my total power
consumption is down by about 14% over the past year and 4 months since I
installed it, but it also did a other things I had not figured on:
1. It serves the same function as the phase couplers from Smarthome
and others only it is a LOT larger. It did put a lot of my X10
noise problems to sleep, and hopefully they are gone for a while.
2. It reduced the number of times I hear my UPS unit beep for the
sporadic power glitches in this locale, so I have to assume it is
acting as a surge suppressor as well. I used to hear the 10 - 15
times a day, now maybe 2 - 3 times a week
3. AC motors are running cool to the touch.
>I'm looking at a few options: 1) make the mod to the switch to tie
>down the floating pin 2) switch this switch with another switch 3)
>move the position of the AC in the main panel to try and reduce the
>transicents somehow 4) install a filter somewhere 5) replace it with a
>togglelinc 6) put back the original manual switch since it will never
>automatically turn itself on ;->
>
>--
>Craig
>
>
>Chuck Yerkes <newsboy@july2004.NOSPAMsnew.com> wrote in message news:<tQiKc.102661$a24.52606@attbi_s03>...
><snip>
>
>
>>RE: the AC. Can a filter from your AC -> wall be added?
>>
>>
>
>The AC is a 3-ton whole house unit on it's own 240V circuit. Is there
>a filter that could help, and where would it go?
>
>
I had good luck by accident with a similar problem when I added my KVAR
unit to improve my homes poor power factor.
This "KVAR unit" is basically matched large capacitances between each
leg of the incoming 120 VAC lines and neutral at your service panel. It
should be installed by an electrician, but is only about a 15 minute
job. see. http://kvarnrg.com/
The KVAR unit did what I had intended it to do, my total power
consumption is down by about 14% over the past year and 4 months since I
installed it, but it also did a other things I had not figured on:
1. It serves the same function as the phase couplers from Smarthome
and others only it is a LOT larger. It did put a lot of my X10
noise problems to sleep, and hopefully they are gone for a while.
2. It reduced the number of times I hear my UPS unit beep for the
sporadic power glitches in this locale, so I have to assume it is
acting as a surge suppressor as well. I used to hear the 10 - 15
times a day, now maybe 2 - 3 times a week
3. AC motors are running cool to the touch.
>I'm looking at a few options: 1) make the mod to the switch to tie
>down the floating pin 2) switch this switch with another switch 3)
>move the position of the AC in the main panel to try and reduce the
>transicents somehow 4) install a filter somewhere 5) replace it with a
>togglelinc 6) put back the original manual switch since it will never
>automatically turn itself on ;->
>
>--
>Craig
>
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