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solarbirdGot the new electric bill and it's... even better than last month?
PSE says last month was the same temperature as this month, but learning how to use the AC properly and getting the environment sensors up and using all the tools that gives me meant usage went down another 9%.
the core temperature sensor array
Year against year, this past month was 3°F warmer than last year. Electricity usage, however, went down 13%, despite literally everything being objectively better - and cooler - inside.
Not to mention quieter. Holy fuck quieter. And smoke season? May as well not've happened, at least, from the inside.
This sensor net is actively going to pay for itself in the short term. I'm... pleasantly surprised.
Anyway, two takeaways:
1: those old AC units were really just trash lol
but also
2: passive cooling works, kids
...and straight up pays for itself, in the short term.
PSE says last month was the same temperature as this month, but learning how to use the AC properly and getting the environment sensors up and using all the tools that gives me meant usage went down another 9%.
the core temperature sensor array
Year against year, this past month was 3°F warmer than last year. Electricity usage, however, went down 13%, despite literally everything being objectively better - and cooler - inside.
Not to mention quieter. Holy fuck quieter. And smoke season? May as well not've happened, at least, from the inside.
This sensor net is actively going to pay for itself in the short term. I'm... pleasantly surprised.
Anyway, two takeaways:
1: those old AC units were really just trash lol
but also
2: passive cooling works, kids
...and straight up pays for itself, in the short term.
