jedwilli Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I have seven zones in my house with four actual units. I'm trying to determine if I have a unit that is running more then the rest as we need to balance out the house and try to improve the electric bill. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to track usage?-jw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henniae Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I think your best bet would be to contact your HVAC contractor.They are probably better equipped to measure these sort of things. Trying to get this info from C4 is probably more work than it is worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 You don't need C4 to do this as Alan mentions. Are these electric resistive heaters?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedwilli Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 These are heat pumps... the part that amazes me is that a $99 programable thermostat tracks this. How can C4 not?-jw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henniae Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 These are heat pumps... the part that amazes me is that a $99 programable thermostat tracks this. How can C4 not?-jwWhat brand of $99 programmable thermostat are you referring to? I have not seen a t-stat that provides a log of when heat and/or cool is called for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbs Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 These are heat pumps... the part that amazes me is that a $99 programable thermostat tracks this. How can C4 not?-jwA programmable thermostat can certainly 'keep track' in that you program when it should be on or off, but I agree I've not seen one that also logs calls for heat/cold. C4 can also be programmed for when it is on/off, but you're looking for when there's actual airflow it sounds like.If your HVAC doesn't already do that, then I'd probably look at either electrical consumption monitoring (i.e. some Kill-A-Watt type device that logs) or an Oregon-Scientific-style temperature probe that you could leave in a register that would record when warm air or cold air was blowing past.--Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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