ENERGY SAVING TIPS
1. Relaxing room temperature at night is O
K
:
During the nighttime
hours you don’t require the same level of conscious cooling or heating.
Try using Sleep Mode to gradually relax room temperature and allow the
unit to run less and save energy.
2. Curtains and shades:
In the summer, you need to block the effects of
the sun. Close window curtains and shades on the south and west side
of your home to help block solar heat. In winter, the sun is your friend.
Open curtains and shades to allow solar heat into your room.
3. Close doors:
If you don’t need to heat and cool your whole home,
confine the heating and cooling to one room by closing doors. Limit the
space you’re heating and cooling to specified capability of the unit.
4. Service the unit:
Some basic maintenance might be all you need. The
outdoor unit will greatly benefit from a good hosing out, especially in
treed areas where seeds and other debris can stick to coil fins and make
the unit work up to 15% harder!
5. Rearrange the room:
Furniture that obstructs airflow means you could
be heating and cooling the back of a chair or the front of a sofa instead
of the actual living space. Use the Swing Louvers to help direct the air in
the right direction for the room; remove or rearrange obstacles blocking
airflow.
6. Lighting:
Turning lights off can help reduce your heat. Each light bulb is
a tiny heater. Your air conditioner must waste energy overcoming the
heat from your lights to reach and hold your desired room temperature.
7. Is anyone home?
If possible, while you’re away turn your unit to Auto
mode and make sure windows and drapes are closed. Although the
room temperature will be uncomfortable for a few minutes when you
come home, the unit will have the room back to your desired
temperature in no time.
8. Don’t forget the fan:
The fan is much like a car. The faster it runs, the
more energy is uses. Sometimes we need the car to go fast, but slow is
good enough most of the time. Try saving money by using the
comfortable quiet low fan speed as much as possible.
