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| Nest Labs released a software update to their learning thermostat today that includes a feature called Airwave.
Airwave automatically switches off your air conditioner a few minutes early, since your AC continues to make cold air for 5-10 minutes after it's off. Then Airwave uses the fan to spread the cool air through your home.
Is this truly a unique feature and will it really save me on my air condition bill in Florida? |
Here is a link that might be useful: Nest Airwave Information
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- Posted by veesubotee (My Page) on Thu, Apr 5, 12 at 15:48
| You must have a magic coil there. I tried low-speed fan as an experiment. The air out of the register turned warm and dank very quickly. The fan probably runs a minute or so after compressor shuts off. After that, the low-speed fan takes over. Quickly disabled that feature/. V |
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| Maybe helps a little in arid climates. In any kind of humidity, don't even think about it. |
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| The claim is up to a 30% savings by turning off the compressor a few minutes early. I think savings would be closer to 3% than 30%. |
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| To be fair I think their claim is to save 30% by all the features, not just this early shutoff. I've heard about this stat and it's supposed to "learn" your home/away patterns to use minimal energy. Wouldn't work for me as we often have completely random home/away hours. I prefer to program something and have it work as I expect I don't want it trying to make decisions for me. |
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| Seems pretty clear from the web site I've linked that they are claiming 30% savings from Airwave alone. What is Airwave? |
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