How To Calculate Air Conditioner Power Usage for a Marine, Mobile, or Off-Grid Electrical System

In this video, we will teach you how much power it takes to run an air conditioner, explain what a duty cycle is, and introduce Nate's Cousins, the 'sons' of Yarbrough & Sons Heating and Air!

This is episode 2.6 in our Electrical System Sizing Playlist in the EXPLORIST.life Academy.

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00:00 Introduction
01:33 How Much Power Does an A/C Use?
01:59 Video Chat with Yarbrough & Sons
03:13 How many air conditioners have you installed on boats/RVs/off-grid cabins?
04:26 How many air conditioners have you installed in the last 35 years?
07:32 What is a duty cycle?
13:51 Can you just install a bigger air conditioner for a shorter duty cycle?
20:39 Does the physical dimensions correlate to efficiency?
32:59 How much power to run a Nomadic A/C
34:43 How much solar is required for air conditioning?
36:16 How much power for overnight air conditioning?