febisfebi
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I figured it worked something like that. I got that number from 230v at 42A, which according to their site for the 5 ton, is the "Min Circuit Ampacity"I've no idea how you calculated that but it certainly does not use that much electricity.
It runs until the water in the cold circuit has reached the setpoint, then it shuts down until it has climbed the rise programed into the thermostat. In this way it provides continuous cooling (and heating) whether it's actually running or not. Thus it tailors its output to the actual load, automatically.
It uses about a third less power to cool than conventional AC- and the heat it provides is basically free, since it's recovered from the cooling circuit rather than being generated anew.
I was just wondering if you noticed how much your power bill went up when the chiller was first installed.