Utah 12 Driver
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Jax Beach, Florida
Looks like our High today in Jacksonville Beach is only 80f ...........but I head to Chicago tomorrow forecasted high 11f !!!
how cold is it where your at?
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RVBottomly
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Asotin County Washington (KLWS)
I sort of laid low on the thread because we had 30s-40s for the past few weeks here in SE Washington.
But today I saw zero on the thermometer. Clear and sunny, though.
But today I saw zero on the thermometer. Clear and sunny, though.
cub yellow
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North Central Wa.
Hardtailjohn
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Marion, MT
Was -12 last night when I went to bed...but was -31 yesterday morning. I figured it was gonna be another cold one, but it warmed up to -3 by time we got up. Gonna be on the right side of the 30's by Wednesday.
JH
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Cubus Maximus
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Was 79/80 and sunny in Ft Myers for a couple days - got home 6:30 pm yesterday to find the furnace had gone out sometime during the week and house was in the 30's (-19 last night) 
, no pipe issues yet! Got the fireplaces going and FaceTimed brother-in-law (HVAC guy) who had me spin the draft motor (the problem) till it caught and burners lit, went out again, did spin move again and stayed running till this morning. Motor now replaced $$ and all good! 8)
, no pipe issues yet! Got the fireplaces going and FaceTimed brother-in-law (HVAC guy) who had me spin the draft motor (the problem) till it caught and burners lit, went out again, did spin move again and stayed running till this morning. Motor now replaced $$ and all good! 8)NunavutPA-12
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67.8N,115.1W CYCO Canada
-16F right now, going down to -44F on Thursday, February 2.
Was 79/80 and sunny in Ft Myers for a couple days - got home 6:30 pm yesterday to find the furnace had gone out sometime during the week and house was in the 30's (-19 last night)
why i hate leaving in the winter, have to check and see if theres some simple kind of phone deal to watch temps in the house?
NunavutPA-12
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67.8N,115.1W CYCO Canada
Here's what I did (only works for a wired landline):
You will need a regular wall thermostat, a 100 or 200 ohm resistor (1/2-watt is fine) and a cord from an old telephone. Wire it up so that when the thermostat closes on temperature drop it places the resistor across the phone line. This will result in a busy signal.
Plug it into an unused phone jack in your house.
So you call your house and if it rings normally, all is well. If you get a busy signal then the house is cold. Call a friend to check on it.
In either case there's no charge.
Or ...there's a burglar in your house using the 'phone! Your friend will find out.:lol:
sj
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Northwest Arkansas
I'd suggest something like this...
https://www.amazon.com/Govee-Indoor...25518&sprefix=remote+wifi+trmp,aps,175&sr=8-4
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https://www.amazon.com/Govee-Indoor...25518&sprefix=remote+wifi+trmp,aps,175&sr=8-4
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Cubus Maximus
Registered User
The draft induction motor is above Dustin's right hand in this shot. I turned the furnace off and let the motor cool down (it was hot). 10 minutes later turn back on. It was trying to spin to the left but wasn't getting the power to do it (I'm probably not exactly getting this right).
My brother-in-law Lance is a HVAC guy, so face timed him and after reading the flashing code he said. "hand spin the draft motor to see if you can get it to run." so I spun the thing (plastic cap) some 40 times and it started to take longer and longer to slow down and stop. Finally it caught and started turning on its own up to it's normal 3300 rpm. Once the draft motor had run for awhile, the main blower fan came on line and the igniter kicked in and then whoosh the blue flame! Hooray!
After (finally) getting temps in the house up to the controlling thermostat setting it quit as per normal. But as temps began to fall again it did the same thing and couldn't get started. So, redid the procedure, spin spin spin spin... and finally it caught and went again. This time I changed the thermostat setting from "auto fan" to "on fan". Keeping the main blower fan running all night allowed the burners to fire when needed.
85Mike
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Washington
When I installed the heat pump in my cabin in S central WA about 8 years ago, I specified a wi fi controlled thermostat. I leave it set at 45° for freeze protection when I'm gone. If I'm heading that way, I turn it up to 68 or so using my phone or laptop. Then fire up the wood stove when I get there. It was 0° there this morning, and 45° inside. Really awesome setup.
Mike
Mike
NunavutPA-12
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67.8N,115.1W CYCO Canada
Yes, like those, but a value of 200 ohms is good. Red, black, brown is the correct colour code.
BC12D-4-85
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Fairbanks, AK.
Wait for the deep purple and wear warm underwear> https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/ana...®ion=nhem&pkg=T2ma&runtime=2023013106&fh=0
The good thing is it's short lived cold except at very northern latitudes.
Gary
The good thing is it's short lived cold except at very northern latitudes.
Gary
RVBottomly
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Asotin County Washington (KLWS)
We had minus 7 in Tacoma winter of 2008. I remember it clearly because I had a nice heated greenhouse. The heat melted snow that froze the doors shut and I lost some treasured date palms and blood oranges. The heat couldn't keep up and I couldn't get in to rescue things.
That around the time we decided to move--figuring that if it gets that cold in Tacoma, we might as well enjoy the cold away from the city.
Steve Pierce
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Graham, TX
Low 20s here with sleet predicted all day. Gonna be a mess but 60s by Saturday.
55-PA18A
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Dillingham, Alaska
Temps haven’t been too bad, but here are my floats out in the yard. They’re upside down, on top of upright 
55gallon drums. Friend at Meadow Lakes (west of Wasilla) said he’s run out of places to put snow and having a hard time keeping the ski strip on his lake usable.
55gallon drums. Friend at Meadow Lakes (west of Wasilla) said he’s run out of places to put snow and having a hard time keeping the ski strip on his lake usable.Attachments
NunavutPA-12
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67.8N,115.1W CYCO Canada
Minus 30 (F) here and wind chill minus 58.
I gave up two months ago. Without a skid steer and blower there’s no place to stack it. My tractor’s defeated.
narrow deck
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Palmer, Ak
Works well over here. You need one Stewart.
narrow deck
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