Where in Bama I know a guy around Albertville who could probably fix your issue.
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Which is the heat pump?
primary
Opelika
Sorry, I meant the strips are in the HP? Which I was told is primary with gas as auxiliary
im across the river from you and a little north
dual fuels are different, I guess.
Yes, the heat strips are in the HP duct
its been 30 yrs since my schooling
Where bouts?
Are you in the business now?
no...I was a building engineer, now retired
PleasureMoose
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your system isnt your everyday run of mill HP the majority of contactors might be lucky to put in 1 or 2 a year...you cant just throw these in like other systems you have to set these up and program the humidistat so the condenser and evaporator is maximized to get you high efficiency and seer rating
I never installed one.. this was just how the guys always explained it to me I guess you could do it that way if you wanted.. I wouldn't id to use the furnace to heat the house quick.. depending on tonnage its blowing out around 100,000 BTU's that's moving some heat around... then have the heat pump come in and kick on and off when needed to maintain the set temp longer without constant running all night giving you the efficiently
People get natural gas installed in their home for the only purpose cause its the best and cheapest way to heat a house. the HP is located in your outdoor condenser by the compressor and reversing valve.. its purpose is to move the heat around through the indoor and then back out your return vent. HPs are the main reason units don't run 24/7 in the winter time
I think maybe the issue is your HVAC man didn't really know what he was selling or about to get himself into but also wasn't gonna turn down that payday lol. If he literally threw on an ecobee 3 bc he couldn't figure out the 5 .. then lets hope you dont have any more issues with that system bc hes real retarded
You probably know the guy that did the install. He was from Harris county. A sub for the guy I went with to do the job from here
This is his reply to stat 3
The 3 is not discontinued and it runs off your weather data just like the 5. The only difference is it doesn’t have Alexa or come with the sensor.
PleasureMoose
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I guess its how you wire the thermostat idont think it rly matters which one is on aux on a base system. when i turn my heat on the heat strips kick on and run till the tstat is satisfied and when it drops super cold i can hear my heat pump turn on and off if i listen close
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FreeMiner
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The Aussies better study up on IRA tactics.
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FreeMiner
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Let them truckers roll 10/4
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PleasureMoose
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pulling the weather data quick sets your temps he just doesn't know how to setup the tstat Idk tho hell its not looking good for that guy but he installed it so he better figuring it out
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Picture of Klaus Swabb.
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No, it’s not. Bout at the end of my rope that I prolly shoulda let go of a long time ago
Pineapple
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Who do you do that for? I deal with some of those and contamination issues.
PleasureMoose
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I saw this happen all the time with contractors and hybrid systems.. they take the job thinking its an easy install but those are just different animals they gotta really know what theyre doing. He's out of his element
Not to mention we are discharging our best and brightest over a shot.
FreeMiner
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Rebuild gas turbines, etc? This one had more than a contamination issue. Contamination we would usually just run some walnut shell through and clean up the compressor etc. The GE Engineer wanted it sent out to GE to have the runout checked because of a vibration problem.
I diagnosed it as a over fueling issue, real orange flame, the main gas valve was over fueling.
The high tech guru's forget the simple things like a gas turbine is an internal combustion engine. This was a real old GE Frame 5 out of Hickham's shop in Texas.
And Hey I was right. Pissed off the young Engineer. Told me I hate you old bastard's. I laughed in his face and said thanks.
Because that is what I used to get paid to do, oversee installs, and repair of heavy industrial machinery.
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I bring up the end of civilizations topic once in awhile at home. it’s true...most empires from history rot from within rather than being taken over. The people get fat, lazy, comfortable, and debauched then start feeling sorry for others that are weak. Then every vice becomes acceptable and the destruction begins.
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She has a Baylor mask on so it might be in Texas...there's been some real f'in losers mover here in recent years. If it was in the GOAT I'm ashamed no one didn't put a foot in her ass.
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Funny enough....had this moment this weekend.
We're at a lax tournament (Max's team won) . So between games, we all go next door (same building ) to the bar for the Bengals game. I was given instructions to get over there and get tables for everyone. I understood my assignment.
Welp, a family made it over and their son had rolled his ankle in the game he had just lost to Max's team. (And be sure I was not happy to see the young man injured. I don't play that way. It could easily be my kid. I pray before every game for every player's health and safety).
They sit down at a bar top table in front of us (we have about 20 people) but it's fine. The TVs are high enough that everybody can see.
And then this Dad realizes who's sitting behind him and decides to stand and move back and forth to purposely block anybody from watching. All the men are loudly telling him to sit down or move, but he developed sudden deafness.
So, me, being me, I went up to him and asked if he could pick a spot, scrunch down, or sit (and I promise, I was nice, smiling and charming. His wife was smiling back at me as I was asking). He turned around with a raised hand and said, "I was here first. Go sit down and shut up". I laughed, thinking he was joking because do what, now? He wasn't, but that was irrelevant and surely he didn't pull that as an excuse and SURELY he didn't turn around with that hand raised ....he did.
Everybody froze. Except me. I'm wearing him out
.....and then my husbsnd made it clear from his seat that little dude needed to think about his next move and words very carefully. This dude actually challenged my husband "to take this outside, he's not fucking listening to your shit. We'll settle this outside. Right now, bitch.".I'm still standing in front of this guy and trying to warm him that this is not a path he wants to go down while trying to keep my husband and son settled. (This is truly for asshat's own good). Meanwhile, his wife grabbed her youngest kids and left with quite the look of death at her husband.
He stupidly kept going. And then my husband stood up. My 6'4, 230 lb husband. (He's the most easy going, friends with anybody and everybody guy. Everybody loves him. And he generally loves everybody. I'm not kidding. He makes friends everywhere he goes..... There are a couple of few people on OB and Mb and maybe here who know him.....Until he decides he needs to step in. A man raising his hand and getting shitty at me will do it...quick like. Very rare occurence) Msx stood up. (Same. Don't fuck with his mama, sisters or, really, any girl) This dude might have been 5'8/160. But no backing down now. I moved back to the table and told the asshat he was a jackass and just stop talking.....great role model for his sons. He said 'you heard what I said'. Yep, punkin, everybody heard what you said. There's a reason your friends, wife and kids aren't backing you up. I suggest you sit down. (As I'm grabbing and forcing my husband and son to sit their assess down)
So, got everybody calmed down, he stood for another 5 minutes to make his whateverthatpointwas and then sat his skinny ass down. Another dad went over to talk to him for a few minutes and apparently, he was feeling embarrassed and knew he was way out of line and was upset his kid was hurt (so was I. I talked to his son earlier) and just pissed off. He wanted to apologize to me..And then....he just left. I'm pretty sure his wife got hold of and made him leave.
And my (and everybody else's) lasting impression is he's a coward.
I would have accepted his apology and we would have bought him a drink. And my husband would have made it all okay while making it clear there are limits to shittiness....and a threat, real or implied, at me is the absolute limit.
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Some believe that no culture is superior to an other culture. They have no explanation for something like this.
OPD77
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Faggot ass pedophile.
