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Cool Keeper ?

wally

wally

Registered User
Location
Watauga, Texas (wish I was back in Utah)
Okay I got this little flier in the mail about something that Rocky mountain is asking me to do something with my a/c. It is called a cool keep. they put something on my unit (a/c dont go there) and it shuts my a/c off for a 15 min segment at different times during the day. So has anyone heard of this and is anyone doing this? They also say they will give me a $25.00 gateway mall gift card and also a $20.00 credit on my bill. I am not in it for the money but just lower bills in the summer. So post up any thoughts.
 
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scoutabout

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I don't think it will reduce your electricity costs. I think it's really a method to avoid investment in infrastructure by RMP. If less electricity is used, they have to invest less in generation/delivery as more homes are built. Same with the fridge buy-back service they offer (they'll pay around $40 for an old fridge).
 
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Bone Down

Well-Known Member
this is actually bad for your system and actually makes it work harder to cool your house down in the heat of the summer as it does not monitor the heat in your home and forces your a/c unit at times to try and cool your home 6-10 degrees at a time depending on your t-stat settings. This forced my X inlaws a/c units to work harder and blew out the a/c pumps costing them 350 to replace. avoid it if you can.
 
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Bone Down

Well-Known Member
I should add, that once the a/c compressors were replaced and these cool keepers removed, their house maintained a more consistent and comfortable temp level and their electric bill dropped over the next couple of months.
 
BCGPER

BCGPER

Starting Another Thread
Location
Sunny Arizona
This is a very old practice known as Loadshedding. It's been around forever, but is just starting to hit the residential customer.

Steve is correct, it's all about investment in infrastructure and your savings will be minimal if any at all. The infrastructure issue isn't so much about building new power plants as it is transmission issues. Nobody wants an ugly substation in their neighborhood, but that's where the bottle neck in the grid is at the moment.

There are a ton of old wives tales floating around about equipment failures and increased power bills. Both are false.

Bottom line, do what's best for you. If I had a stay at home mom and kids in the house or elderly people, I'd say no way. But keep in mind RMP will always have the final say so where their power goes. If you live in a rapidly growing area, they can just start one or two hour long "rolling blackouts" to protect their equipment. If you can live with the inconvenience, I'd go for it.
 
I Lean

I Lean

Mbryson's hairdresser
Vendor
Location
Utah
BCGPER said:
If I had a stay at home mom and kids in the house or elderly people, I'd say no way.
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That's been my decision every time I get that flyer in the mail. I'm not willing to do it. They may force it at some point, but until then I'm keeping control over the temperature of my house. I keep it at 78 in the summer anyway, so I think the people who insist on keeping it way down at 70 are bigger electric criminals than me anyway. :)
 
gijohn40

gijohn40

too poor to wheel... :(
Location
Layton, Utah
We had this in our apartment a few years back... it seems that it would kill the a/c about the same time that their peak power usage was going on... and then like someone said when it came back on it was forever to get the apartment to cool back down... if you are not there much I would say do it... but like stated before if you have a stay at home person don't do it...
 
DOSS

DOSS

Poker of the Hornets Nest
Location
Suncrest
I have it on my AC currently... well kinda... it caused some premature electrical issues so I kinda bypassed it and forgot to tell RMP about it....
 
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StrobeNGH

no user title
Location
WB
the best way I've found to save energy bills is to install a programmable thermostat (and insulate better)
 
Shawn

Shawn

Just Hanging Out
Location
Holly Day
Every time I get one of those flyer's it goes into the garbage (recycling can :D) before I even make into the house.
 
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