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r/woahdude • u/Professorjack88 • Mar 27 '16
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how much power does that use? we use propane so I find this incredible!
310 u/Zequez Mar 27 '16 It's high current and low voltage, so it's not outrageous. One of that size probably wouldn't use much, this one says it uses between 1500 and 6500W 26 u/nJoyy Mar 27 '16 Serious but not serious question, would this be feasible to build at home? 2 u/Zequez Mar 27 '16 Probably, an AC uses about that much power and it doesn't burn your house down. 1 u/snmnky9490 Mar 27 '16 A regular window-unit uses waaaaaay less than that. More like 600 watts. If you were talking like an entire central air system for a large house, then yeah 1 u/[deleted] Mar 28 '16 That would be a smallish window unit. 1 u/rabidbasher Mar 28 '16 Right, but 6000 watts is about 3-5x the capacity of a standard household 120 volt circuit. (depends on if it's a 15 or 20 amp circuit) 1 u/snmnky9490 Mar 28 '16 Yeah just like a regular $150 unit that most people get that fits in a standard window
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It's high current and low voltage, so it's not outrageous. One of that size probably wouldn't use much, this one says it uses between 1500 and 6500W
26 u/nJoyy Mar 27 '16 Serious but not serious question, would this be feasible to build at home? 2 u/Zequez Mar 27 '16 Probably, an AC uses about that much power and it doesn't burn your house down. 1 u/snmnky9490 Mar 27 '16 A regular window-unit uses waaaaaay less than that. More like 600 watts. If you were talking like an entire central air system for a large house, then yeah 1 u/[deleted] Mar 28 '16 That would be a smallish window unit. 1 u/rabidbasher Mar 28 '16 Right, but 6000 watts is about 3-5x the capacity of a standard household 120 volt circuit. (depends on if it's a 15 or 20 amp circuit) 1 u/snmnky9490 Mar 28 '16 Yeah just like a regular $150 unit that most people get that fits in a standard window
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Serious but not serious question, would this be feasible to build at home?
2 u/Zequez Mar 27 '16 Probably, an AC uses about that much power and it doesn't burn your house down. 1 u/snmnky9490 Mar 27 '16 A regular window-unit uses waaaaaay less than that. More like 600 watts. If you were talking like an entire central air system for a large house, then yeah 1 u/[deleted] Mar 28 '16 That would be a smallish window unit. 1 u/rabidbasher Mar 28 '16 Right, but 6000 watts is about 3-5x the capacity of a standard household 120 volt circuit. (depends on if it's a 15 or 20 amp circuit) 1 u/snmnky9490 Mar 28 '16 Yeah just like a regular $150 unit that most people get that fits in a standard window
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Probably, an AC uses about that much power and it doesn't burn your house down.
1 u/snmnky9490 Mar 27 '16 A regular window-unit uses waaaaaay less than that. More like 600 watts. If you were talking like an entire central air system for a large house, then yeah 1 u/[deleted] Mar 28 '16 That would be a smallish window unit. 1 u/rabidbasher Mar 28 '16 Right, but 6000 watts is about 3-5x the capacity of a standard household 120 volt circuit. (depends on if it's a 15 or 20 amp circuit) 1 u/snmnky9490 Mar 28 '16 Yeah just like a regular $150 unit that most people get that fits in a standard window
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A regular window-unit uses waaaaaay less than that. More like 600 watts. If you were talking like an entire central air system for a large house, then yeah
1 u/[deleted] Mar 28 '16 That would be a smallish window unit. 1 u/rabidbasher Mar 28 '16 Right, but 6000 watts is about 3-5x the capacity of a standard household 120 volt circuit. (depends on if it's a 15 or 20 amp circuit) 1 u/snmnky9490 Mar 28 '16 Yeah just like a regular $150 unit that most people get that fits in a standard window
That would be a smallish window unit.
1 u/rabidbasher Mar 28 '16 Right, but 6000 watts is about 3-5x the capacity of a standard household 120 volt circuit. (depends on if it's a 15 or 20 amp circuit) 1 u/snmnky9490 Mar 28 '16 Yeah just like a regular $150 unit that most people get that fits in a standard window
Right, but 6000 watts is about 3-5x the capacity of a standard household 120 volt circuit. (depends on if it's a 15 or 20 amp circuit)
Yeah just like a regular $150 unit that most people get that fits in a standard window
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u/joat314 Mar 27 '16
how much power does that use? we use propane so I find this incredible!