Attn. Californians: Heat wave? Set your air conditioner colder and save money
It's true, California's electric utilities are a bit of a basket case. Among the challenges that, even as PG&E and SCE are increasing rates, they're asking users to help keep them from crashing by turning up their air conditioners to warmer settings in the middle of a heatwave. Really? Not sure if that's fair. But, Airspool (https://airspool.com/) offers a solution that actually saves users money even as they set their units to the coldest setting. How? Airspool's a solar-powered air conditioning heat pump (meaning that it also provides heat in the winter), so the unit runs for free whenever it's sunny. If it's cloudy or nighttime, Airspool runs as a hybrid with grid power at an efficiency that's 50% greater than most units it supplants. And, since it's a 1-ton unit, it only cools where users spend most of their time, so their larger, less-efficient unit can be turned to a warmer, higher setting (okay, which helps the evil empire utilities, but it also helps users save substantially). Here are a couple of articles requesting users to give up their god-given right to comfort...
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