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Old 10-02-2009, 01:01 AM   #43 (permalink)
Xringer
Old Retired R&D Dude
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Woburn Mass USA
Posts: 702

Little Red - '12 Toyota Prius c 2 Two
90 day: 57.82 mpg (US)

"Whitey" Bulger - '14 Toyota RAV4 LE
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Hi guys, I've been too retired all summer to think about this project, but last month
I built the outdoor pad, started getting the 230VAC supply set up and just placed
my order for the Sanyo 2-ton I've been looking at. (Of course it's on back-order)!

I got some interesting (rumor?) news from the support guy I was talking to at
the dealer.
He said they got some feed-back from an owner who had been in direct
contact with Sanyo about the cold temperature operation of this model.
Sanyo says, They under-rated the unit. it will give full output (29,000 BTUh) all the way down to 17 degs!
And, down at (0), zero deg F, it will still give you 70% of full rating.
I think that's about 20,300 BTUh..

If this is true, I'll be golden this winter!!

I plan to post more as I dig into this project.
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Cheers,
Rich

Current ride: 2014 RAV4 LE AWD (24 MPG)

Wife's Pizza Transporter
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