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  1. Brewbeer
    anyone turn on their outdoor showers yet ?
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    wait, I thought it didn't start until May 1, as per the other thread
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    This, nothing like the full Milky way splayed across the darkest sky imaginable. Nothing I've seen comes close the dark sky at Mt. Katahdin in Baxter State Park in northern Maine. Truely amazing
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    this is true for any contractor providing services to homeowners, it's not unique to solar companies for the homeowner, owning the panels (vs. leasing) is a better deal, but costs more up front
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    about 3 inches of rain from those storms in my hood, driving back from Enfield was sketchy, I've not see that many flooded streets in years
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    yeah, no. low temperature warm water heat is superior in comfort to any type of forced air heating system. air is not a good heat transfer medium due to its low specific heat capacity, and you need to circulate it constantly to maintain temps, which requires fans, which make noise. water circulators are silent and in the basement. you can't hear my heating system running when it's on, even on the coldest days of the year, even if you put your ear on the radiators the heat load of a house in cold weather is primarily down low on the lowest level, and that heat is best supplied at floor level where it can rise and circulate by gravity. the cooling demand in hot weather is primarily up high on the highest level. at my house, the heat is on about 5 times as often as the air conditioning in any given year. a system that does double duty as both heating and cooling, is a compromise in comfort
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    Forced air heating blows, big time, especially in my house. The heat is needed on the lowest level and the AC is needed up the highest level of this open concept split ranch. When the gas boiler goes, I’ll look at air to water heat pumps.
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    How well the house is insulated is a huge factor. My house was originally built with electric heat, so it is extremely well insulated. in the mid 80s, someone put in a badly designed gas fired forced air system with central air. It heated the house, but would not cool the house upstairs due to inadequate ducting. That system died about 10 years ago, and I ripped it out and installed low temp baseboard hot water system. My house can bake in the sun all day, but as long as temps drop back in the 60s at night and the DP is below 60, a fan in a downstairs window does the job. I also have solar panels, and haven't paid for electricity since 2016.
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    two 8K BTU window units: $600, lifespan = 10 years, say 60 bucks per year 750 watts (times 2) = 1,500 watts for 16 hours per day = 24 KWH per day, $0.21 per KWH, that's about $5 per day for AC. A typical summer for me requires AC for 30 or 40 days, call it $200 in electricity per year. All-in cost on 2 window units is less than $300/year, don't see how mini splits are less expensive for me, esp. since they require maintenance.
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    Usually June, occasionally May. They go in when nighttime temps and dews don’t drop below 60. Otherwise window fans and a well insulated house keep it cool enough to delay the installs, I use two 8K BTU window units in upstairs bedrooms and they do a good job keeping it cool if you run them all day.
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    Did he leave any veggies ?
  12. Brewbeer
    they have a ferry
  13. Brewbeer
    could be groundwater perched on a clay layer
  14. Brewbeer
    Usually wait until May before setting up mine
  15. Brewbeer
    You started this thread on March 21. First day of spring, it’s time.
  16. Brewbeer
    @Damage In Tolland
  17. Brewbeer
    Can you provide a link to where you copied and pasted this from ?
  18. Brewbeer
    coating OTG IMBY,snowing at a good clip
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    sleet and 32F here, about 1/4 inch of sleet OTG
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    It will be the first for me …. If it happens
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    Coolest for me was -25 driving between Steamboat and Cheyenne in Jan 91. Got close to that in 93 overnight on a ski trip to killington, stayed in Rutland, my old dodge colt stayed there too an extra day
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    the wait is almost over !
  23. Brewbeer
    Go for the ham, it’s already been cooked.
  24. Brewbeer
    Not if you are over 30
  25. Brewbeer
    saw it early this morning (5;30 ) in the opposite sky while still in eclipse mode
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