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Thread Number: 73194
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Turned on the heat for the 2017-2018 season |
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| Post# 966825 , Reply# 1 11/8/2017 at 12:14 (2,352 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
here in Upstate-Central NY... | ||
| Post# 966827 , Reply# 2 11/8/2017 at 12:20 (2,352 days old) by johnrk (BP TX) | ||
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We're In A Cold Front and it's down to 69F in the Houston area today. But my central a/c is running as I write this. It'll be hot again here before Thanksgiving. The last two winters, we had no hard freezes, I didn't have to put in any plants. | ||
Post# 966828 , Reply# 3 11/8/2017 at 12:24 (2,352 days old) by ea56  (Cotati, Calif.) |
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We’ve been using the electric baseboard heaters in the mornings for over a month and also in the evenings too for the last 20 days or so. We have a pellet insert that for the past 20 years we have used as our main source of heat. But last year we spent over $50.00 or more per mo. on pellets and fire starter squares. So it is just as expensive to use the pellet insert for heat as it is to use the electric heat.
Our baseboard heaters are Hydronic, made by Cadet, and they really heat the house nicely if we turn the heat on upstairs too to equalize the heat. If we just use the heaters downstairs the heat rises upstairs and it never really gets completely warm downstairs, so its a false economy. By turning the heat on upstairs too the heat is uniform and the heaters don’t cycle on and off as much trying to maintain the temp set on the thermostat. I’m glad we finally tried this option. It was getting harder and harder to find the pellets and starters at a good price. And with the Bay Area Air Quality Control District, when there are no burn days we had to use the electric heat anyway. If you haven’t ever used Hydronic Electric heaters you will be surprised how much better they are than conventional electric baseboard heaters. They are quiet, dust free, and relatively efficient for an electric source of heating. I’ve been monitoring the usage online since we have a SMART meter, and so far it looks like we may break even or pay less for all electric heat as opposed to using the pellet insert. Eddie | ||
| Post# 966832 , Reply# 4 11/8/2017 at 12:40 (2,352 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
We have had our heat on for a few weeks | ||
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Post# 966841 , Reply# 5 11/8/2017 at 13:14 (2,352 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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 Since his stroke several years ago, Dave is always cold. It used to be just the opposite. As a result, I kicked on the main forced air system and the den wall unit about a month ago while I could still have the doors and windows open to get the stink out of the house.
Since last weekend, we've been using heat almost daily, to get the morning chill off at the very least. Inside the house it has already gotten down to 61 overnight.
Similar to what Tom stated, even when it's sunny and near 70, this time of year it's typical to have very little air movement, so the house stays cold even with doors and windows open. Also typical this time of year is for the peak temperature to be reached around 4 PM, which doesn't help much when you only have about an hour left before twilight. | ||
| Post# 966843 , Reply# 6 11/8/2017 at 13:40 (2,352 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO) | ||
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Post# 966844 , Reply# 7 11/8/2017 at 13:53 (2,352 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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I have been running my gas Hearthstone to take the chill off since the beginning of October, My BBHW system has been running since the first of this month. 24 degrees here this morning, possible snow tomorrow night and wind chills Friday in the single digits. 5 more months and this cycle will be reversed.
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Post# 966845 , Reply# 8 11/8/2017 at 13:54 (2,352 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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| Post# 966848 , Reply# 9 11/8/2017 at 14:23 (2,352 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
No heating yet... With daytime temps in the mid 80's along with low 60's at night this is my time to crow...but stay tuned, that crow goes back to being a buzzard before you know it.
Beautiful weather for last Sunday's parade...
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| Post# 966850 , Reply# 10 11/8/2017 at 14:33 (2,352 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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Post# 966851 , Reply# 11 11/8/2017 at 14:33 (2,352 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 966868 , Reply# 13 11/8/2017 at 16:51 (2,352 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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The oil is Burning as we speak, 40s here right now...I LOVE IT, the colder the better...No grass or bugs! | ||
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Post# 966878 , Reply# 14 11/8/2017 at 17:40 (2,352 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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New York City Recently Passed New Heating Laws | ||
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Post# 966882 , Reply# 15 11/8/2017 at 17:54 (2,352 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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 I took a few days off last week and my days seem to be running together. The last weekend of October we had lows of 32 both Saturday & Sunday morning. But those days warmed up considerably. But with my days running together, I do remember some point during the past 10 days that the heat was on early in the morning and by the evening, with doing some cooking, that the a/c was coming on. And the thought--it's that time of the year where I'll have heat in the morning and a/c by bed time to maintain sleep temp of 74. Today it's been drizzling off & on has pretty much stayed mid-40s. When I got home the house was 68. I imagine the heat will come on at some point before night time winter sleep temp of 60. | ||
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Post# 966892 , Reply# 16 11/8/2017 at 18:32 (2,352 days old) by GusHerb (Chicago/NWI) |
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Heat has been on for three weeks now. Currently 35°, tomorrow nights low is 23. Friday is a high of 33. | ||
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Post# 966894 , Reply# 17 11/8/2017 at 18:35 (2,352 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Predicted to be very cold here on Fri., with the high about 36, and low in the lower 20's. Expected to be sunny, so not likely to have snow. | ||
| Post# 966909 , Reply# 18 11/8/2017 at 19:54 (2,352 days old) by washman (o) | ||
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The non union Goodman has been running for a bit now. | ||
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Post# 966936 , Reply# 19 11/8/2017 at 22:02 (2,352 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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Post# 966937 , Reply# 20 11/8/2017 at 22:05 (2,352 days old) by spacepig (Floridas Emerald Coast) |
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| Post# 966938 , Reply# 21 11/8/2017 at 22:10 (2,352 days old) by Stan (Napa CA) | ||
Eddie
Are your baseboard heaters portable or built in. Don't think I've ever seen baseboard heaters?
Vacuumed and cleaned our furnice out wth soap and water two weeks ago to get it ready. Think I've got venting issues with this old girl though.. Do the repairs ever end for me! LOL
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Post# 966945 , Reply# 22 11/8/2017 at 22:27 (2,352 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Stan,
our baseboard heaters are built in and were installed when in 1980 when the house was built. Each room has a separate thermostat mounted on the wall.. We painted the heaters the same color as the walls in each room so they just kind of blend into the backround. I think that you can get portable Hydronic baseboard heaters too.
Here are a couple of photos and a link to Cadet Softheat. BTW, I love your floor furnace. I remember standing on the grate of our floor furnace when I was a kid, until it got too hot, LOL. Does your floor furnace have a furnace key? I remember more than once when the key got dropped down the grate and my Dad was none too pleased about having to get in there to fish it out. I also remember the distinctive smell that floor furnaces had. It wasn’t the smell of gas, but I can’t put my finger on what it smelled like other than floor furnace! Eddie CLICK HERE TO GO TO ea56's LINK | ||
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Post# 966953 , Reply# 24 11/8/2017 at 23:31 (2,352 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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I honestly don't know when the right time for the furnace is--but the wife complained about the cold since the middle of October, so there she goes--and so does our latest gas bill going from the affordable $43, from last Summer, to the un-payoff-able $100+ in the coming months...
We have a few electric space-heaters lying around in the basement, but we don't dare use them--likely to be too fire-hazard ready to burn down our place... -- Dave | ||
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Post# 966970 , Reply# 27 11/9/2017 at 04:08 (2,352 days old) by marky_mark (From Liverpool. Now living in Palm Springs and Dublin) |
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 My apartment has central A/C for the summer that also works as "reverse cycle" for the winter i.e. central forced-air heat-pump heating. Here in Barcelona, unlike other parts of Spain, it doesn't normally get extremely hot or very cold.
Having had the A/C on constantly for months, we've had it switched off for the past couple of weeks and currently need no heating or cooling. But this interim period of "nothing" doesn't last long before we'll need some heating at night. We never need much heat during the day due to thermal gain if we leave the shutters open and awnings retracted.
Twintubdexter: I've been to Palm Springs and I love it there! But it only has 3 seasons, right? Hot, hotter and hottest?! iej: in the summer, Ireland is such a beautiful green country, thanks to the frequent rain! Fortunately I do like the rain, but then we don't get it too often here! | ||
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Post# 967263 , Reply# 28 11/11/2017 at 02:40 (2,350 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Turned on my heatpump last night because of a freeze warning.Used a portable heater in my TV room.and using a portable heater at work! | ||
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Post# 967698 , Reply# 32 11/13/2017 at 12:00 (2,347 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 968038 , Reply# 33 11/15/2017 at 05:02 (2,345 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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 We've had the 17 year old Amana gas package unit going since mid October. Had some warm days and cold nights typical of middle TN this time of year.
Stan, my grandmother had a floor furnace in her old house. I used to stand on it looking down through the small window and watch when it kicked on. It fascinated me to see the flames spread out. That thing really put out the heat! And as far as I know, my older sister and I never once got burned on it because we were taught from the get go to walk around it -- HOT! But as an adult I have some shoes with that grid pattern melted into the sole from stepping on it. She had it replaced with another before she had her stroke and moved in with my parents, an Empire brand I believe. Hers was propane since her town doesn't have natural gas lines. | ||
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