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Any HVAC Folks Out There? (Vanity?

Posted on 11/07/2010 4:26:48 PM PST by plinyelder

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To: gorush
WOW, thanks.

Looks good.

41 posted on 11/07/2010 5:20:26 PM PST by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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To: plinyelder

As an aside to your question you can if you haven’t done so already do some things to help reduce the load on your heat pump/strip heaters. Caulking is cheap and isn’t that hard to apply around doors, windows, eaves, pipes, etc. to help stop air infiltration. Also look at your door/window seals and replace if worn or not stopping air movement. Depending upon your attic insulation you may look at adding some as a do it yourself project.

Heat pumps will be cheaper to operate than strip heat although at some point they will need their auxillary strips to kick in to help. Good luck.


42 posted on 11/07/2010 5:24:08 PM PST by deport
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To: plinyelder
This is the home that I am trying to heat.




43 posted on 11/07/2010 5:25:29 PM PST by plinyelder ("I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: gorush

gorush

THAT .. Is a BEAUTIFUL Home!!


44 posted on 11/07/2010 5:29:08 PM PST by plinyelder ("I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: plinyelder

Thanks...we love it.


45 posted on 11/07/2010 5:30:23 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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I’m not a HVAC tech, nor do I play one on TV. I can only speak from experience in Phoenix.

Heat pump I’ve had for years is good for raising the outside temperature in the ‘30’s to 75 degrees inside, but more importantly, reduces 120 outside to 75 degrees inside.

Works well for those cases.


46 posted on 11/07/2010 5:30:51 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (We conservatives will always lose elections as long as we allow the MSM to choose our candidates.)
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To: mountn man

Adults generate roughly 400 to 600 BTUs per person/hour, depending on their size. So I suggest you invite lots of people over in winter, after supper of course. In summer, you visit them.

I would also have a sealed door between upstairs and downstairs and basement. Control and/or timer both your heaters depending on activity. Check seals on windows, seal the fireplace flue if you are 100% electric. Wear heavier clothing, but I don’t go less than 55 - 60F, it’s a little too uncomfortable. On the bright side, if you are shivering all the time you are burning cals and will need to eat more. Life is a trade-off.


47 posted on 11/07/2010 5:36:05 PM PST by CanaGuy (Go Harper! We still love you!)
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To: plinyelder

“Electric fireplace”... Huh?

If it’s 1500 Watts, that’s the same as a blow dryer. Sounds like a toy rather than a heating device.


48 posted on 11/07/2010 5:36:23 PM PST by Rio
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49 posted on 11/07/2010 5:38:19 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: Cyber Liberty

It is all so confusing .. really.

I was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale and I honestly don’t remember IF we ever had to use any type of heater to warm the home in the winter.

I will say this though .. Until I went away to service, I never had the luxury of AC either!

(Well .. Didn’t have AC in southeast Asia either but did have it when I came back to the states!) 8)


50 posted on 11/07/2010 5:40:14 PM PST by plinyelder ("I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: mountn man

Good point MM, tank blanket + setting back the thermostat saves money.


51 posted on 11/07/2010 5:42:09 PM PST by Sparky1776
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To: Rio
“Electric fireplace”... Huh?
If it’s 1500 Watts, that’s the same as a blow dryer. Sounds like a toy rather than a heating device.

I Think they are 1500 watts?
Not sure if I did the math correctly but .. They are Big units and Really put out the heat .. "If" you run them constantly! 8(

52 posted on 11/07/2010 5:43:37 PM PST by plinyelder ("I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: CanaGuy

Just imagine how warm the house would be if you fed everyone beans.


53 posted on 11/07/2010 5:43:49 PM PST by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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To: driftdiver

Give me a break !


54 posted on 11/07/2010 5:44:53 PM PST by MtnMan101 (THE PROBLEM WITH SOCIALISUM IS THAT YOU EVENTUALLY RUN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY)
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To: snippy_about_it
I can remember, and if the economy doesn’t get any better I may have to do again, nailing up blankets over the windows to keep the cold out and the heat in. May not look pretty on the inside but keeps it warmer! Good luck.

I made "draperies" for my windows using quilted material. We've been using them for years & they really hold the heat in! The material is already quilted when you buy it, just have to edge it with binding. It comes in colors and patterns and works great.

55 posted on 11/07/2010 5:46:02 PM PST by alicewonders
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To: mountn man

Another thing I installed last year was one of those clothes dryer flap kits. In the summer the exhaust goes outside as usual then in the winter I divert the exhaust into the basement, it tends to be a bit more humid but my house needs it in the winter.


56 posted on 11/07/2010 5:46:30 PM PST by Sparky1776
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To: plinyelder
It IS a beautiful home - I've been there once or twice.

The frosting on the cake is Mrs. gorush's cooking. ;)

57 posted on 11/07/2010 5:46:37 PM PST by brewcrew
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To: mountn man
Just imagine how warm the house would be if you fed everyone beans.

Wouldn't that make for .. a very explosive situation? 8)

58 posted on 11/07/2010 5:47:12 PM PST by plinyelder ("I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: gorush

Love it!


59 posted on 11/07/2010 5:47:30 PM PST by Sparky1776
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To: MtnMan101

Arm or a leg? heat pumps in florida don’t work below 40 degrees. Not enough heat in the outside air.


60 posted on 11/07/2010 5:47:46 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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