How often will the switch be activated? Can it be activated anytime?
A. The switch will only be activated during the weekday hours between 12 p.m. and 7 p.m. for the summer months of May through September. The switch will not be activated on any summer weekday that is a holiday. The activation period can be 2 to 4 hours (most likely will be 3 hours) with an expected number of activation events in a typical year to be 10. The actual cycling of the air conditioner is done based on your air conditioner’s run time. For instance, let’s assume your air conditioner typically runs for 10 minutes each 15 minutes (clock time) during hot afternoons. The cycling strategy that Georgia Power is implementing is known as a 65% cycling strategy. This means for the 10 minutes that your air conditioner would have run (during the 15 minutes of clock time), the switch will only let the signal from the thermostat to the air conditioner compressor through for 3.5 minutes (blocks the signal for 6.5 minutes or 65% of the normal run time) of run time.
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