> We have efficient heat pumps and solar panels, but it's still a disturbing amount of energy usage and something I'm trying to debug. Perhaps we have too many windows letting in too much sunlight... External window blinds work wonders with that - your AC doesn't have to work hard to get the heat out of the greenhouse you inadvertently built if you avoid the heat getting in in the first place. But yeah, these might b…
Oh, we figured this out, maybe I should update the page. It turns out at installation time the installer set all the fans on "high", and I left them that way stupidly thinking: "Well, I like circulation, and the power meters show the fans aren't actually using much power, so I'll just leave it like that." Changing them all to "auto" fixed the problem. It turns out that while the fans themselves weren't using a ton of…
Just saying for anyone reading this, it is worth it to ask for a second opinion before heat pump install.