My first weeding band was mailed out with some phone bills (working theory) the replacement lived in drawer until my wife lost hers and started wearing it.
Not being used to a heat pump in our last house I did something similar
OK. But fair warning.... you have NO chance of winning!Challenge accepted
Not being used to a heat pump in our last house I did something similar
In the winter, we had the heat running.
Was outside and walked past the unit just as it went into defrost mode.
Well all of a sudden the unit let out this God awful squeal
Scared the living daylights out of me. I thought the motor was fixing to seize.
I freaked, call the heating and air conditioning company and explained what was going on.
Guy asked if the motor started running again???
I said yes, as a matter of fact it did.
That's when he explained about the defrost mode when it's set to heat.
The simplest way to explain it is the unit runs one direction while heating. The opposite direction when cooling.
I caught mine on a hot wire decades ago and it was the second time. If you have the time, the scarring and discoloration of your finger goes away in about 15 years. Haven't worn one since.
Coworker did that when I worked for an alarm company.I caught mine on a hot wire decades ago and it was the second time. If you have the time, the scarring and discoloration of your finger goes away in about 15 years. Haven't worn one since.
Old FuddyDuddy already won this contest 50 years ago, with his motorized bicycle screwdriver lobotomizer.OK. But fair warning.... you have NO chance of winning!
I switched over to wearing a silicone rubber one for awhile. Actually liked it, but they stretch and get loose over time, requiring periodic replacement. Now I just keep the ring in a drawer when working in the shop or outside, and only put it on when donning dress clothes for business, dinners, or church.
I can relate. Done the same thing backing up on a fork lift to get to the door opener (being too lazy to get off the machine) Had my hand on the ROP and hit the door track, didn't hurt the track but sure did hurt my fingers.
When we moved here about 25 years ago, there was an air source heat pump installed. We have no natural or LP gas, so backup is resistance heat. That heat pump was worthless when it got down to 10 degrees. The electric bills were killing us, so we got rid of it and installed geothermal. We are much happier with the ground source heat pump, no defrosting is necessary and the electric bill is half of what it used to be.
When you hung up he told his coworker:Not being used to a heat pump in our last house I did something similar
In the winter, we had the heat running.
Was outside and walked past the unit just as it went into defrost mode.
Well all of a sudden the unit let out this God awful squeal
Scared the living daylights out of me. I thought the motor was fixing to seize.
I freaked, call the heating and air conditioning company and explained what was going on.
Guy asked if the motor started running again???
I said yes, as a matter of fact it did.
That's when he explained about the defrost mode when it's set to heat.
How many holes did they have to drill? They are doing one of them on This Old House and I can’t remember but I think they drilled eight holes 800’ deep, that can’t be cheap.
I had actually lived over 20 years in the south. But never had a place that had a heat pump. Both houses in Florida, and my apartment in Arkansas had gas heat, and a stand alone ac unit.
Well, they never over-do anything on TOH.
There are entire threads on other forums about homeowners being driven broke by participating in one of that show’s renovations. Guilty pleasure, I used to watch it every weekend, but they did go a bit over the top in recent years.
