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6 hours ago, moneypitmike said:

Nice morning.

WRT to the mini-splits, I have them in both Westborough and Maine.  They're more effective at cooling than heating.  I'm not certain about this, but I think that's due to where they need to be placed--high on the wall.  When cooling obivuosly the cool air wafts down toward the floor.  when you're trying to warm the space, it tends the warmth has to work it's way down to where you're standing/sitting..

They're still a good solution, but know that the cooling is more effective.

 

Agree somewhat on this.  They don't seem too efficient when it's below 32 outside and they will kick on and off in search of heat.  Cooling seems to work well up into the 90s and the dehumidify capability is out of this world which was a big plus.

3 hours ago, Cold Miser said:

We met with a mini-split dealer/ installer last night.  There was a rebate of around $700 but only if we did the heat/ac heat pump combo.  This was for a single, 1 ton condenser, and single head, so I don't know if the rebate increases proportionately somehow with an increase in unit size.   The cost to purchase  and install this single unit was silly.  He wanted 8.5 k for the a.c. only unit, and 10.5 for the ac/ heat unit.   12k/1 ton for a single floor of a very small house.  

Try home depot.  I got a 36K BTU total unit (carrier) with 2 heads installed for $10K, and it does the whole 2K square feet of my house, heat and cooling.  HD had the best warranty.

The independent contractor I spoke to quoted $19K which was a BS quote soon as he opened his mouth.  Also that quote was for 3 heads, which I knew I did not need.  

1 minute ago, allgame830 said:

Some intense lightning and thunder here in Hawthorne NY

Posts crossed.  

Just hit us here HPN.  Quick heavy burst and mellowed out a little. Got some lightening and thunder.  Decent show.  

3 hours ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Sides ... I don't think I recall but 1 ...maybe 2  MDWs in my entire life span that were not 86ed at least partially.  

That GFS model has demonstrated a remarkable penchants for ruining what people want, period. It's not even like it's modeling the atmosphere - it's modeling the degree of sore butting what people want and plans. Doesn't matter what it is.  Could be a winter storm.  Could be the 4th of July, ...Labor Day..... MDW.   It will run out and find any thing physically plausible to gum up the works.  hahahaha

The Go F*ck your Self.  (something like that).   

38 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Yeah I have. On the to-do list, but I have a few others on that list taking precedence. 

you won't regret it!  What sold me was that I saw them all over China and other hot AF places in Asia.  It was a billion degrees kelvin and super humidity everywhere, and those units were relied on ubiquitously.  Figured they must know something.  

7 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

I'm getting an estimate at the end of the month.

It's not just about the installation.  That too, but mostly it's about a fraction of the per annum energy cost to heat and cool the edifice of the home. 

Plus the sound controls.  Jesus. Install A.C.s that don't sound like an emissions control test at an aeronautical proving ground cost a lot, plus are less efficient to even run.   In the winter, my house has electric base board heaters.  redic

I don't hear mine at all.  Only if the fan is on BOOST, and it's just the whoosh of air.  

We still have a window unit in a far-flung room of the upstairs, and when that compressor kicks on, you can feel the vibration propagate through the walls.  It's got a resonance.  Stick frame house, but any material can do that.

Tell you another thing - our wall mounted units (same as window ones basically) also had mold growth we didn't notice until removal.  Can't be good.

I don't think I paid much mind to the heating aspect when I bought it.  But boy that was a pleasant surprise.  It's not going to be too efficient below 25 degrees or so, but for quickly heating up a house or shoulder seasons, it's perfect.  I heat mostly with pellets when cold, but between those 2 things, I used less than 1/4 tank of oil all year.  It wasn't cold, but that is same ratio as other winters.  

You installers should consider mini splits.  I had window and wall mount ACs in my older home which is steam heat, no ducting.  3 yrs ago I installed 1 mini split with 2 heads and I will never look back at windows again.  How many heads you need is going to vary house to house of course.  I had mine installed professionally (huge BTU unit), but you can buy DIY kits and it doesn't seem too hard for a middle of the roader handyman.  I could have done a small single head.   I spend about 20% less for cooling season, but the house is way more comfortable.  Those things dehumidify especially well.  They also heat - shoulder season it's cheaper than oil for sure. 

I also recommend an electric heat pump water heater if you need to replace an electric one and you don't have gas.  Keeps my basement cool and dry all year, and cheap hot water to boot!

1 minute ago, LibertyBell said:

I read about May 1977 when the Catskills were buried in over a foot of snow.  I was in the Poconos in May 1977 and got to see it snow all day, which was pretty amazing.

I was 5 at the time, and 80 miles west of there.  Could have seen snow then just don't recall.  

21 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Thanks Tony, and a Trace of snow on the 9th?

That high of 49 on May 9th with sunshine (most of the time) is pretty crazy too.

Is that an all time low for the month of May for JFK?

 

Snowed at my house on the 9th/10th in Westchester.  Walked my dog in the woods with leaf out and snowfall.  I don't think I've ever seen May snow, even living Upstate NY for 22 years.

What's up with this volcano in Indonesia?  It has a 70K feet ash plume which is high enough, and the thing is equatorial, so those 2 are ingredients for weather impacts, no?

Just now, nycwinter said:

next full eclipse in nyc area will take place in 2079  so get ready!!

The next time it snows over and under as well

clouds kinda skunking it up here in midtown.  It's dark out which is cool, but I can't see the thing through the special glasses I got.  I did get to see some of it earlier.  

2 minutes ago, nycwinter said:

here in manhattan did not feel the quake or the aftershock,

My buddy in manhattan said the glasses in his cabinet were lightly toasting each other…lol

1 minute ago, JetsPens87 said:

It's only a 6 percent chance that am earthquake is followed by a larger one

Appreciate you.  Really.

5 minutes ago, ag3 said:

I hope these aren’t foreshocks.

Thats where my head is.  I know nothing about this stuff at all but I can’t be talked out of it.  

9 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Aftershock here

Floor was shaking while I was making meatballs.

This sucks.  

Just now, Damage In Tolland said:

Balls ended up in shaking into mouth?

Wtf.

5 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

why aren't we in an earthquake warning?

We will be in once this swarm of earthquakes pass.

2 hours ago, coastalplainsnowman said:

Honest question - is there anything in a meteorologist's training that would make them particularly knowledgable about earthquakes?  I ask because most of the on air folks I'm watching today seem to be struggling.  Granted, they're being asked to make a story out of something which, other than some shaking and the novelty of it, is a not much of a story, but some of it is frankly tough to watch.  

Nerds know nerdy things, other than that, no.

Just got hit right now with another shake.

I’d say that was half of the impact as the one earlier.

6 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

I wonder if we can have tsunamis on lakes though? Or is there a different word for that?  A seish (spelling?)

In August 2011 I was actually getting ready to take a bath when that earthquake happened and my bathtub was full of water and I heard the water sloshing back and forth from the other room.

 

Yeah I know what you mean. Those can be nasty

33 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

i had just flushed the toilet and the house started shaking and the pipes started banging

During the earthquake?

14 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

 

Sheww.  that was close tho.