Comments for Ted's Energy Tips http://tedsenergytips.com Practical tips for making your home more comfortable, efficient and safe Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:08:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on About by Ted-san Inoue http://tedsenergytips.com/about/#comment-900 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:08:33 +0000 http://tedstips.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-900 The Mitsubishi products are widely used but from what I’ve seen, the build quality of the different high-end manufacturers are comparable.
Just make sure you’re comparing apples to apples. Mitsubishi has so many different units that it’s easy to be comparing lower efficiency units. The Fujitsu RLS units are rated at ~25 SEER and have excellent HSPF (heating performance) as well. You have to start diving into the technical manuals sometimes to really ensure that you’re looking at units that are comparable.

Regardless of what units you use, I always recommend people have some backup heating for miserable-cold nights or if you just need to give a boost to the system. For example, those inexpensive oil filled plug in radiators work great as backups. Just remember that any cheap electric heater costs about 2-4 times more to run for the same amount of heat output than the heat pump, so they’re really backup units.

]]> Comment on High Efficiency Outdoor and Landscape Lighting by Ted-san Inoue http://tedsenergytips.com/2012/01/21/high-efficiency-outdoor-and-landscape-lighting/#comment-899 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:03:00 +0000 http://tedsenergytips.com/?p=1364#comment-899 Those are some pretty cool looking LED pavers. I’d love to see some independent reviews of them that verify performance and battery life. A lot of solar lights are pretty feeble and don’t hold enough of a charge to be really useful, especially in the winter. I’ve known a number of people who have ended up replacing their solar lights with conventional ones after being left in the dark.

]]> Comment on High Efficiency Outdoor and Landscape Lighting by paverlight http://tedsenergytips.com/2012/01/21/high-efficiency-outdoor-and-landscape-lighting/#comment-898 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:31:00 +0000 http://tedsenergytips.com/?p=1364#comment-898 Nice to see the information of the outdoor lighting it is very useful to save the electricity i also use it in the outdoor and in my garden it looks so beautiful in the night i want to say that everyone use it to save the energy nice topic thanks for the sharing

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Solar Paver Light

]]> Comment on Cleaning up after a hurricane or basement flood by Aaron Wilson http://tedsenergytips.com/2011/08/28/cleaning-up-after-a-hurricane-or-basement-flood/#comment-895 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:08:13 +0000 http://tedstips.wordpress.com/?p=962#comment-895 When you are handling the water cleanup, be sure that everything is dry, from carpet and flooring, to baseboards and walls, to insulation and jambs, etc. Forgetting to dry or remove something wet will lead to mold growth. If you have any questions while attempting your water cleanup, contact a trusted water damage restoration company. They can provide advice, expertise, and appropriate equipment to ensure that your home is restored to a dry, safe, healthy state.

]]> Comment on About by MS http://tedsenergytips.com/about/#comment-894 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:49:06 +0000 http://tedstips.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-894 Thanks again. I know Mitsubishi makes a similar product, but it costs more. Have you seen that? Any thoughts re comparing them? Is there any reason to assume that the more expensive unit will be better equiped on the heating? BTW, I’m in NYC, so my weather isn’t that much different than yours.

Thanks for your comments.

]]> Comment on About by Ted-san Inoue http://tedsenergytips.com/about/#comment-893 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:26:02 +0000 http://tedstips.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-893 The best reference I have is the study that I linked to, but that is an engineering study. However, it lays things out pretty clearly, proving that the heat output is maintained even at lower temperatures.
Otherwise, I haven’t seen anybody else delve into these units like I have. You’ll find references to the Fujitsu 12RLS in a number of discussion groups because a lot of energy efficiency consultants are in love with them because of their high performance and world-class efficiency.

]]> Comment on About by MS http://tedsenergytips.com/about/#comment-892 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:16:54 +0000 http://tedstips.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-892 Thanks. Are you aware of other websites that discuss these units and their efficiency in non technical terms (or at least not tech giberish)?

]]> Comment on About by Ted-san Inoue http://tedsenergytips.com/about/#comment-890 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:13:46 +0000 http://tedstips.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-890 I’m in South-Eastern Pennsylvania. We’ve got relatively mild winters. Typically, the temperatures are from 15-35 in Jan-Feb (but this winter it’s been pretty warm).

All conventional (non geothermal) heat pumps have reduced heat output when it gets cold out. The good thing about the Fujitsu and similar units are that they can ramp up the compressor speed in order to maintain a significant percentage of their rated output even when it gets down into the teens or below.

It’s really important with these things to match the output of the unit over various temperatures with the heating requirements of the rooms that it will be used with. That’s where a real professional HVAC company comes in handy.

]]> Comment on About by MS http://tedsenergytips.com/about/#comment-889 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:33:35 +0000 http://tedstips.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-889 Ted, I saw your post on the Fujitsu Central HEat units you like. Where are you located? I have heard conflicting info re its ability to heat in cold areas.

]]> Comment on Insulating walk-in attics by Ted-san Inoue http://tedsenergytips.com/2011/12/21/insulating-walk-in-attics/#comment-886 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:47:18 +0000 http://tedsenergytips.com/?p=1191#comment-886 Sorry, I think you’re going to have to google that one yourself.

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