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January 31, 2009 at 7:08 PM in reply to: Nice little surprise waiting for me when I got home today. #339477January 31, 2009 at 7:08 PM in reply to: Nice little surprise waiting for me when I got home today. #339803
jficquette
ParticipantDoc,
I would tell them to use the deposit for rent and find another place to live.
John
January 31, 2009 at 7:08 PM in reply to: Nice little surprise waiting for me when I got home today. #339899jficquette
ParticipantDoc,
I would tell them to use the deposit for rent and find another place to live.
John
January 31, 2009 at 7:08 PM in reply to: Nice little surprise waiting for me when I got home today. #339926jficquette
ParticipantDoc,
I would tell them to use the deposit for rent and find another place to live.
John
January 31, 2009 at 7:08 PM in reply to: Nice little surprise waiting for me when I got home today. #340020jficquette
ParticipantDoc,
I would tell them to use the deposit for rent and find another place to live.
John
jficquette
Participant[quote=LuckyInOC]As a previous HVAC design engineer, you may want to do some of the following:
1. Use your Central Gas(?) furnace to keep the whole house at 68-73 deg. during 6am-11pm. Use the setback thermostat to 65 deg. at night. Use the Heat Pumps or other Resistance Heaters to heat the required rooms to 78 deg as required. This will use the gas as the main source (cheapest) to heat the majority of the house. The inefficient Heat Pumps will work better only to heat the additional 5 deg. The inefficient Heat Pumps are trying to heat the rest of the house even if they are in closed rooms. Inside walls are not usually insulated.
2. If you don’t have dual-pane windows, have them installed. My ’80s 2700 sf house had 27 single-pane windows. We replaced them with dual-pane low-e windows. We hardly use our Central HVAC now. We only turn on 1500w plug-in heaters in the rooms where occupied and use fans in the summer. I am thinking to put a whole house fan in this year. We don’t mind our house at 68 deg during winter and 78 deg during summer. We live in North OC where it get rarely above 90 deg.
Also, I heard they may be starting up a new show ‘The Real Housewives of San Diego’. Your wife sounds like a good candidate…
Lucky In OC
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I love Attic fans. I grew up in the south and most houses built pre 1960 had them.
The noise they made at night were great for putting us kids to sleep. Something about that steady drone.
John
jficquette
Participant[quote=LuckyInOC]As a previous HVAC design engineer, you may want to do some of the following:
1. Use your Central Gas(?) furnace to keep the whole house at 68-73 deg. during 6am-11pm. Use the setback thermostat to 65 deg. at night. Use the Heat Pumps or other Resistance Heaters to heat the required rooms to 78 deg as required. This will use the gas as the main source (cheapest) to heat the majority of the house. The inefficient Heat Pumps will work better only to heat the additional 5 deg. The inefficient Heat Pumps are trying to heat the rest of the house even if they are in closed rooms. Inside walls are not usually insulated.
2. If you don’t have dual-pane windows, have them installed. My ’80s 2700 sf house had 27 single-pane windows. We replaced them with dual-pane low-e windows. We hardly use our Central HVAC now. We only turn on 1500w plug-in heaters in the rooms where occupied and use fans in the summer. I am thinking to put a whole house fan in this year. We don’t mind our house at 68 deg during winter and 78 deg during summer. We live in North OC where it get rarely above 90 deg.
Also, I heard they may be starting up a new show ‘The Real Housewives of San Diego’. Your wife sounds like a good candidate…
Lucky In OC
[/quote]
I love Attic fans. I grew up in the south and most houses built pre 1960 had them.
The noise they made at night were great for putting us kids to sleep. Something about that steady drone.
John
jficquette
Participant[quote=LuckyInOC]As a previous HVAC design engineer, you may want to do some of the following:
1. Use your Central Gas(?) furnace to keep the whole house at 68-73 deg. during 6am-11pm. Use the setback thermostat to 65 deg. at night. Use the Heat Pumps or other Resistance Heaters to heat the required rooms to 78 deg as required. This will use the gas as the main source (cheapest) to heat the majority of the house. The inefficient Heat Pumps will work better only to heat the additional 5 deg. The inefficient Heat Pumps are trying to heat the rest of the house even if they are in closed rooms. Inside walls are not usually insulated.
2. If you don’t have dual-pane windows, have them installed. My ’80s 2700 sf house had 27 single-pane windows. We replaced them with dual-pane low-e windows. We hardly use our Central HVAC now. We only turn on 1500w plug-in heaters in the rooms where occupied and use fans in the summer. I am thinking to put a whole house fan in this year. We don’t mind our house at 68 deg during winter and 78 deg during summer. We live in North OC where it get rarely above 90 deg.
Also, I heard they may be starting up a new show ‘The Real Housewives of San Diego’. Your wife sounds like a good candidate…
Lucky In OC
[/quote]
I love Attic fans. I grew up in the south and most houses built pre 1960 had them.
The noise they made at night were great for putting us kids to sleep. Something about that steady drone.
John
jficquette
Participant[quote=LuckyInOC]As a previous HVAC design engineer, you may want to do some of the following:
1. Use your Central Gas(?) furnace to keep the whole house at 68-73 deg. during 6am-11pm. Use the setback thermostat to 65 deg. at night. Use the Heat Pumps or other Resistance Heaters to heat the required rooms to 78 deg as required. This will use the gas as the main source (cheapest) to heat the majority of the house. The inefficient Heat Pumps will work better only to heat the additional 5 deg. The inefficient Heat Pumps are trying to heat the rest of the house even if they are in closed rooms. Inside walls are not usually insulated.
2. If you don’t have dual-pane windows, have them installed. My ’80s 2700 sf house had 27 single-pane windows. We replaced them with dual-pane low-e windows. We hardly use our Central HVAC now. We only turn on 1500w plug-in heaters in the rooms where occupied and use fans in the summer. I am thinking to put a whole house fan in this year. We don’t mind our house at 68 deg during winter and 78 deg during summer. We live in North OC where it get rarely above 90 deg.
Also, I heard they may be starting up a new show ‘The Real Housewives of San Diego’. Your wife sounds like a good candidate…
Lucky In OC
[/quote]
I love Attic fans. I grew up in the south and most houses built pre 1960 had them.
The noise they made at night were great for putting us kids to sleep. Something about that steady drone.
John
jficquette
Participant[quote=LuckyInOC]As a previous HVAC design engineer, you may want to do some of the following:
1. Use your Central Gas(?) furnace to keep the whole house at 68-73 deg. during 6am-11pm. Use the setback thermostat to 65 deg. at night. Use the Heat Pumps or other Resistance Heaters to heat the required rooms to 78 deg as required. This will use the gas as the main source (cheapest) to heat the majority of the house. The inefficient Heat Pumps will work better only to heat the additional 5 deg. The inefficient Heat Pumps are trying to heat the rest of the house even if they are in closed rooms. Inside walls are not usually insulated.
2. If you don’t have dual-pane windows, have them installed. My ’80s 2700 sf house had 27 single-pane windows. We replaced them with dual-pane low-e windows. We hardly use our Central HVAC now. We only turn on 1500w plug-in heaters in the rooms where occupied and use fans in the summer. I am thinking to put a whole house fan in this year. We don’t mind our house at 68 deg during winter and 78 deg during summer. We live in North OC where it get rarely above 90 deg.
Also, I heard they may be starting up a new show ‘The Real Housewives of San Diego’. Your wife sounds like a good candidate…
Lucky In OC
[/quote]
I love Attic fans. I grew up in the south and most houses built pre 1960 had them.
The noise they made at night were great for putting us kids to sleep. Something about that steady drone.
John
January 30, 2009 at 11:12 PM in reply to: Old Forum topic deserves re-visit: bubble in treasuries #339157jficquette
ParticipantThe Fed is getting the money to buy 30 year bonds to soak up what foreign governments and domestic interests are selling.
This authorization of money to buy these T Bonds will effect transfer the effect of the housing bubble on confidence in the US onto the Fed’s balance sheet.
The Fed will strive to do whatever possible to keep the long term rates down because of its effect on asset prices.
John
January 30, 2009 at 11:12 PM in reply to: Old Forum topic deserves re-visit: bubble in treasuries #339484jficquette
ParticipantThe Fed is getting the money to buy 30 year bonds to soak up what foreign governments and domestic interests are selling.
This authorization of money to buy these T Bonds will effect transfer the effect of the housing bubble on confidence in the US onto the Fed’s balance sheet.
The Fed will strive to do whatever possible to keep the long term rates down because of its effect on asset prices.
John
January 30, 2009 at 11:12 PM in reply to: Old Forum topic deserves re-visit: bubble in treasuries #339578jficquette
ParticipantThe Fed is getting the money to buy 30 year bonds to soak up what foreign governments and domestic interests are selling.
This authorization of money to buy these T Bonds will effect transfer the effect of the housing bubble on confidence in the US onto the Fed’s balance sheet.
The Fed will strive to do whatever possible to keep the long term rates down because of its effect on asset prices.
John
January 30, 2009 at 11:12 PM in reply to: Old Forum topic deserves re-visit: bubble in treasuries #339606jficquette
ParticipantThe Fed is getting the money to buy 30 year bonds to soak up what foreign governments and domestic interests are selling.
This authorization of money to buy these T Bonds will effect transfer the effect of the housing bubble on confidence in the US onto the Fed’s balance sheet.
The Fed will strive to do whatever possible to keep the long term rates down because of its effect on asset prices.
John
January 30, 2009 at 11:12 PM in reply to: Old Forum topic deserves re-visit: bubble in treasuries #339700jficquette
ParticipantThe Fed is getting the money to buy 30 year bonds to soak up what foreign governments and domestic interests are selling.
This authorization of money to buy these T Bonds will effect transfer the effect of the housing bubble on confidence in the US onto the Fed’s balance sheet.
The Fed will strive to do whatever possible to keep the long term rates down because of its effect on asset prices.
John
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