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Super cold/hvac question
#4062019
01/15/24 07:39 PM
01/15/24 07:39 PM
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34°25'49.80"N 86°55'46.99"...
gman
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Have i read before that when temps get super cold its best to turn an electric heat pump to emergency heat setting?
The harder I practice, the luckier I get.
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Re: Super cold/hvac question
[Re: gman]
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01/15/24 07:44 PM
01/15/24 07:44 PM
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Winston Co Al
Tupi
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Winston Co Al
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I’ve heard not to , the auxiliary heat strips should kick on automatically as needed.
If your gonna be stupid you gotta be tuff
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Re: Super cold/hvac question
[Re: gman]
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01/15/24 08:16 PM
01/15/24 08:16 PM
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D'Iberville, MS
MS_Hunter
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12 point
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D'Iberville, MS
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Yes you should use emergency heat instead of regular heat
In your darkest hour when the demons come, call on me brother and we'll fight them together.
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Re: Super cold/hvac question
[Re: gman]
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01/15/24 08:35 PM
01/15/24 08:35 PM
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Boxes Cove
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Freak of Nature
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Boxes Cove
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I didn't touch mine last year when it didn't get over 15 for 4-5 days . I reckon it did just fine.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Super cold/hvac question
[Re: hallb]
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01/15/24 10:16 PM
01/15/24 10:16 PM
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USA
Remington270
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Just had my strip circuit board replaced under warranty on a brand new unit. I asked the guy a bunch of questions about how the EM strips work. Basically I’m leaving it on regular heat and letting the unit handle it from there. It’s going to kick in when it needs to and I’d rather that be 2 hours a night vs 8. Exactly
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Re: Super cold/hvac question
[Re: kkfish]
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01/16/24 12:19 AM
01/16/24 12:19 AM
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Birmingham, Al
johnmcgowan
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We gonna have another 300 dollar power bill. Is what it is. ^^^^^^ That's what I was thinking too. Man I love my new gas pack furnace installed last month.
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Re: Super cold/hvac question
[Re: gman]
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01/16/24 06:08 AM
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Kennedy, al
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I have my fan running all night circulating my gas space heaters heat.
It’s what I’ve done for the last 4 years. I figure I’m hearing under the house too helping with pipes.
It’s showing 77 in here now!
Everything woke turns to shucks
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Re: Super cold/hvac question
[Re: gman]
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01/16/24 10:00 AM
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Heat pump won't keep up in extreme cold. If you bump the thermostat more than up 3 degrees or more the heat strips should kick on automatically.
Character is not developed in moments of temptation and trial. That is when it is intended to be used.
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Re: Super cold/hvac question
[Re: hoggin]
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01/16/24 01:11 PM
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Nobody’s house ever blew up from a high power bill. With the quality of work today, I don’t want gas at my neighbors house and that’s just over 1 mile away Ok, good for you.
Nathan Carl Goff 19 Sept 2016 - 14 Jan 2017.
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Re: Super cold/hvac question
[Re: Engine5]
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01/16/24 03:00 PM
01/16/24 03:00 PM
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Scottsboro, Al
jbatey1
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Lucky Bastage
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Scottsboro, Al
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I did 2- dual zone mini splits in our new shop house. They have done better than any HVAC system in a home I've lived in. Very Impressed as they do not seem to be working hard. Mini Splits and inverter Systems, in general, are great. Mini-Splits don’t even utilize electric heaters and the inverters systems we install are so efficient in cold weather that they rarely have to utilize auxiliary heaters, if ever.
The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.
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Re: Super cold/hvac question
[Re: gman]
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01/16/24 03:03 PM
01/16/24 03:03 PM
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34°25'49.80"N 86°55'46.99"...
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Problem is, the house was bought with an existing heat pump. Not sure gas is even available, but even so…getting a gas pack installed would take some time. I was asking for use with whats already there.
The harder I practice, the luckier I get.
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Re: Super cold/hvac question
[Re: gman]
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01/16/24 03:31 PM
01/16/24 03:31 PM
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Freak of Nature
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I'm running emergency heat. House is toasty. $560 utility does sting
LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!!
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