wfooshee
O, Woe is me!!
Ha!!! Only got down to 35, still haven't had our first freeze here! It was colder inland a ways, but didn't freeze here. 
Something to amuse the frosty folk
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beemerdons
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Pravastatin, Furosemide, Metoprolol and Lisinopril; I'll just double down on them Ray!You better hope Papa Chuy can afford all the extra heart meds he's gonna need.
beemerdons
Certifiable Old Fart
https://weather.aol.com/forecast/7-day/us/az/chandler/id/85225 We're just barely dodging the bullet here in Phoenix, Walt. Going to touch 32F on this Sunday night! Mi Dios, save us Jesu Cristo!Ha!!! Only got down to 35, still haven't had our first freeze here! It was colder inland a ways, but didn't freeze here.
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I knew that MEM was a sweetie, but I didn't know she could raise your cholesterol... :huh:Pravastatin, Furosemide, Metoprolol and Lisinopril; I'll just double down on them Ray!You better hope Papa Chuy can afford all the extra heart meds he's gonna need.
beemerdons
Certifiable Old Fart
It could be the chocolate syrup, fresh strawberries and whipped cream; but I am pretty damn sure that it is Maria Elena!I knew that MEM was a sweetie, but I didn't know she could raise your cholesterol... :huh:Pravastatin, Furosemide, Metoprolol and Lisinopril; I'll just double down on them Ray!You better hope Papa Chuy can afford all the extra heart meds he's gonna need.
i'm glad no one told my heat pump this. it ran fine at about 31 the other day. the "emergency heat" (electric) never kicked in. ours is a conversion though. we had conventional, electric central heat and air until replacing the compressor with a heat pump this past summer. now, "emergency heat" simply means using what we did for the past 20 years.
there is that, too. i still retain some of my acclimation to Korean and KS/NE winters from years past. i was out during the recent cold front[1] in gym shorts, scrubs shirt, and flip flops, using the garden hose and washer wand to wash the house's windows and siding. the people who were bundled up like nanook of the north while walking their dogs didn't quite know what to think.
[1] for values of "cold front" that approximate the mid-40s.
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SwollenRaccoon
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Looks like you southern people will get better riding conditions than us here in Minnesota for the next week. Temperatures aren't too bad, but the road conditions may be detrimental to your motorcycling health.....
MEM
Well-known member
I'd be wearing a bikini - not chocolate syrup and whipped creamIt could be the chocolate syrup, fresh strawberries and whipped cream; but I am pretty damn sure that it is Maria Elena!I knew that MEM was a sweetie, but I didn't know she could raise your cholesterol... :huh:Pravastatin, Furosemide, Metoprolol and Lisinopril; I'll just double down on them Ray!You better hope Papa Chuy can afford all the extra heart meds he's gonna need.
Weren't we talking about the weather ?! :blink:
yamafitter
Reigning NERDS Granite Lane Gold Medalist
FJRGuy
FJR Rally Addict! :D
Hell, we can get frost warning in August!
Heat Pumps do require some heat to pump, so Bust's statement may not be all that incorrect... but the 45-50 degrees is not necessarily air temp, it's source temp. I'm guessing the Florida folks use ambient air for their heat source/sink. Is that what you do in Texas? We use Geothermal heat pumps up here in -30C (-22F) temps and they work great! Lucky for us, those temps don't penetrate the ground very much!
HotRodZilla
GOD BLESS AMERICA
yep. ambient air temp. i suspect if it needed to do a large increase in temp (say +5) or if the temp dropped lower than freezing (? or is it zero) that aux heat might kick in but the thermostat keeps it +/-1.
this is all new to me, so most of this is a one-time observation and is mostly presented in the form of a question. we keep it 68 in the house at night, 62 when "away", and 72 when at home during the day. maybe it'd be a bigger struggle if we wanted it stifling hot like my mom (say's it's chilly when it's 80, walked around with a sweater and covered up with blankets when sitting during her last visit even though we upped it to 75 and were cooking in the kitchen).
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beemerdons
Certifiable Old Fart
Cute nurse butts drive me nuts!Yes we were...Until we started talking about cute butts in bikinis...And Don being a pervert!I'd be wearing a bikini - not chocolate syrup and whipped cream
Weren't we talking about the weather ?! :blink:
wfooshee
O, Woe is me!!
Final report on the freeze crisis: After only dropping to 35 overnight, it ran all the way back up to 61 during the day. Now I've got to take the liners out of my gear before I ride home from work!
anyone have links to something that has a simpler explanation of heat pumps that the Wiki page? it more of an engineering treatise than an end user guide. mainly something that says what the source temperature point of inefficiency is compared to electric heat.
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RaYzerman19
Go Wings!
It's simple but not that simple. Many factors like size and rating of the unit, drafty house, outside air temp, energy efficiency of house and the unit...... bottom line, most air to air heat pumps cannot keep up to heating demands as temperature drops.... the usual rule is somewhere between 0 and 4C (32 to 40) outside air temp, efficiency is gone. At that point, if the unit can't keep up, the aux. heater kicks in, essentially you are using electricity to heat the house. At that point, if you have an alternate source (gas, wood, etc.) you should switch over and just run the fan for circulation.
If you have geothermal (ground source) like I do, it doesn't matter how cold it gets because the source pipes are buried below the frost line where the ground temperature is always around 4C or higher in the dead of winter.
El Toro Joe
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beemerdons
Certifiable Old Fart
Barb and Joe, "Senile's Vegetating" is the name of the retro oldies band that RadioHowie plays guitar in down at the Winter Haven Old Folks Home!
