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[NellaBean]

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True story, I fell down so much as a toddler, my grandparents bought me a football helmet to wear around.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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True story, I fell down so much as a toddler, my grandparents bought me a football helmet to wear around.

Would that not scar you for life? Or at least make you have irrational aspirations for the NFL?

 

[wegotchickens]

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I like them better when all the juice is drawn out and they are crispy, like chips. crunch munch crunch

 

[wegotchickens]

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Color me surprised

 

[Orchid]

You guys can talk about an awful lot of nothing in a short period of time!

Just got back from picking up DS from school. He passed out in music class.

Poor guy. He had a stomach bug last week, then came down with a cold on Sunday. There were four other sick fifth graders in the nurse's office, three vomiting and another one who felt like passing out. It's a bad day to be a fifth grader, apparently.

He wanted to go to grandma's so he's there now, supposed to be taking a nap, but he's every bit as stubborn as I am - so he probably isn't.

Belle, from that very accurate description

, it sounds like you have an electric furnace with either an air conditioner or air source heat pump. Heat pumps do both heating and air conditioning, air conditioners only do air conditioning. Heat pumps are efficient in both heating and cooling mode; up to 300% efficient, so for every dollar of electricity you put in, you get up to $3.00 worth of heat/cooling back out, if that makes sense. The higher the SEER (seasonal energy efficiency rating), the more efficient the unit is. With the hot summers you get, I'd highly recommend buying the highest SEER you can afford.

Electric furnaces are not part of the energy tax credit because electric furnaces are always 100% efficient, so you're not upgrading by swapping it out. Natural gas and propane furnaces do qualify.

You can change your whole system and just apply for the credit for the heat pump or air conditioner. You'll just need the bid/billing broken down to separate the furnace installation costs from that of the a/c or heat pump.

Here's the federal tax credit page if you want to be bored to tears:

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=tax_credits.tx_index

 

[Southernbelle]

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Sorry your boy was sick!

We'll probably install a heat pump since they're so common around here and it will handle heat and air, since both the current heat and air systems have died. I'm afraid of natural gas, oil and propane. I don't understand the sentance I put in bold - if we installed a heat pump, it will be eligible, right?

Bored to tears is a good description for that page. Although I did email hubby and quote some of it to him.

ETA: Any brand recommendations for heat pumps?

 

[Southernbelle]

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Thanks, Buff! Although, I still feel like a fish out of water.

I best get some housework done. I wanted to rearrange the dining room today (don't yell at me - there's hardwood floors, so everything will scoot along and I won't put myself into labor).

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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Be careful Belle. Hugs.

Hey, where's Dacs? He said he pop in and around today. He must be snorting the carpet or smoking the weeds or something.

 

[Orchid]

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The heat pump will be eligible. I'm not sure how cold it gets where you are, so the heat pump alone may or may not be enough for heating. They heat well down to about 15º (unless you get the one brand that goes down to -30, but I'm not convince on those) and then you might need/want supplemental heat (like the electric furnace), but if you have the wood backup that might not concern you. Your electric furnace is what blows the a/c and heat around the house; if you decide you don't need the electric heat you can just leave it as is, using it as an air handler, or you could install an actual air handler.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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Orchid. Give yourself a raise.