Boiler issues - Working sort of ;(

[GaNewChick]

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Cold here is 59.

Sorry, I know nothing about a boiler. Hope you get it working ... if not, I'll make room for you and the crew here.

I think it's sort of working, and I have plenty of ways to supplement the heat, fireplace, high efficiency kerosene heaters and electric heaters We won't freeze but the wife noticed it wasn't a toasty 72 degrees inside... sheesh, in the summer she likes it 60...?!?!?!

My husband is the same way ... 77 would suite him fine in the winter, summer he would be dying.

 

[Boyd]

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Pregnent wife, 4 daughters, 3 boys and 1 grand baby... I'm outvoted. Besides, I'm on the budget plan and propane only costs me $445 a month now a days.

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Pregnent wife, 4 daughters, 3 boys and 1 grand baby... I'm outvoted. Besides, I'm on the budget plan and propane only costs me $445 a month now a days.

Yeah, I see your point.

My goal is to only burn 200($500) gallons of propane this year and 2400KW($500) in supplemental electric. We'll see if I can beat it.

I was thinking about buying some carbon credits from this Chinese guy who sells pirated credits for $10 per 100KW.

 

[Boyd]

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Pregnent wife, 4 daughters, 3 boys and 1 grand baby... I'm outvoted. Besides, I'm on the budget plan and propane only costs me $445 a month now a days.

Yeah, I see your point.

My goal is to only burn 200($500) gallons of propane this year and 2400KW($500) in supplemental electric. We'll see if I can beat it.

I was thinking about buying some carbon credits from this Chinese guy who sells pirated credits for $10 per 100KW.

 

[Tala]

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Um. I'm very cold natured.
I set my thermostat between 68 and 74 depending on who's home and what we're doing (cooler for sleeping). The walls of my house need insulating, but I honestly can NOT afford to rip out all the walls to do it. I wear longjohns and sweats in my house and still get cold when I'm sitting still.
If I wanna pay for it I can TYVM!

As far as global warming --- I compensate by only cooling my house to 78-80 in the summer, depending on the time of day (warmer for sleeping) so I make less gas in the summer and more in the winter - it evens out.

 

[GaNewChick]

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If mine had to be at 50, I'd prefer you just take me to the nearest pasture and shoot me.

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Ok, Tala. Please understand what I'm saying here is about the truth, not politics.

The fuel you use to heat your house (assuming oil, gas, wood, coal) is burned and directly related to the amount of heat you need. In other words, the warmer you want it the more you burn. It's pretty simple right?

Now, electricity works VERY differently. Power plants are either on or off. If the power they are making is not used then it's shunted to big toasters called load banks which convert it to heat and essentially wastes it. So, regardless of the temp you set your AC to it makes NO DIFFERENCE in the amount of CO2 and other gases released into the atmosphere. The electricity is being generated whether you are using it or not. This is standard environmental disinformation spread by environmental groups, our government, and corporations that profit off of this misunderstanding.

Now, if I still have your attention, for $3000 you can install thermal solar panels, the kind of solar panel that produces heat, and use it to heat your house thereby reducing the amount of fuel you burn.

Why aren't these things talked about in the media? I don't even want to go there right now.

Turn that thermostat up in the summer and save yourself some cash on your electric bill.

 

[PurpleChicken]

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If mine had to be at 50, I'd prefer you just take me to the nearest pasture and shoot me.

You're a girl.

 

[GaNewChick]

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Pregnent wife, 4 daughters, 3 boys and 1 grand baby... I'm outvoted. Besides, I'm on the budget plan and propane only costs me $445 a month now a days.

Does it really cost that much a month?

 

[GaNewChick]

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You're a girl.

And a proud sissy too.​