So they want you to vent it eh? LolYeah, those things are dangerous as shit. I am pretty sure they are banned in the cities I've lived in in Oklahoma, but my mom had one in Ft. Smith and just about have herself Carbon Monoxide poisoning once.
If you read the manual you're supposed to open a window when you use the ventless inserts.
I would rather that just didn't put the stupid thing in at all. Of course being the south, they also had to put the wiring for the tv over the fireplace because there isn't a stupider place for it.Yeah, those things are dangerous as shit. I am pretty sure they are banned in the cities I've lived in in Oklahoma, but my mom had one in Ft. Smith and just about have herself Carbon Monoxide poisoning once.
If you read the manual you're supposed to open a window when you use the ventless inserts.
My wife and I wouldn't even look at any houses where the only logical TV location was over the fireplace, stupidest design ever.I would rather that just didn't put the stupid thing in at all. Of course being the south, they also had to put the wiring for the tv over the fireplace because there isn't a stupider place for it.
My wife and I wouldn't even look at any houses where the only logical TV location was over the fireplace, stupidest design ever.
I solved the Issue by hanging a painting over the fireplace and building a 13' foot entertainment center along another wall. It worked out well.My wife and I wouldn't even look at any houses where the only logical TV location was over the fireplace, stupidest design ever.
You are turning into a green hippie liberal Brovane - solar energy gives you cancer and windmills give you AIDS!Living in Southern CA and in San Diego Gas & Electric service area. A 2-year old with crayons can make a case for a effective ROI. I was having $800+/month electric bills before I installed solar. Now I am looking at around $200 for a entire year. Even with a system for $110k Solar+Storage. My ROI is less than 8-years and that is even before you consider I no longer worry about running the AC. I now have 2 Electric cars and almost completely changed out everything in my home to be electric so I no longer use Propane. Which was also costing me $4-5 gallon.
My wife and I wouldn't even look at any houses where the only logical TV location was over the fireplace, stupidest design ever.
Yeah, I love wood burners, but almost no puts them in new homes around here.Wife wanted TV over the fireplace. I put my foot down and said NO.
We have a real wood fireplace in the living room. Nice lighting a fire in the winter. Kids can make smores. Sometimes we throw a few sweet potatoes in the embers to cook. Nothing like some hot tea and some freshly roasted sweet potatoes in a snowy winter's night.
Yeah, I love wood burners, but almost no puts them in new homes around here.
Somehow it will be Biden’s fault that Fox will run 24x7The right wing nuts running this state love it when people blame ERCOT. When in reality ERCOT is forced to employ the rules set by the Texas Public Utility Commission, which is staffed entirely of direct appointments by Greg Abbott, famous for killing Mexicans with floating buoys and underwater razor wire in the Rio Grande, as well as our previous crook of a governor Rick Perry.
You are turning into a green hippie liberal Brovane - solar energy gives you cancer and windmills give you AIDS!
You are turning into a green hippie liberal Brovane - solar energy gives you cancer and windmills give you AIDS!
It doesn't save money, but even if it did (it doesn't!) it turns the frogs gay. Next thing you know you'll be doing a marijuana with *those* people.I like saving money and controlling my energy costs. I also don't like being jerked around by Big Energy. If it helps the environment that is a bonus.
That is the part I don't understand with some people. You can save money and be green at the same time.
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Those numbers are pretty similar to what I had: similar monthly electric bill (About $100/month) and similar monthly forced fee to be connected (just over $30/month). I installed solar last year with a 13 year payback*. One key to the payback calculation is most people increase their electricity usage after installing solar. Be prepared to add in 10% to 20% more electricity usage in your math since now you won't care about the cost of using a bit more energy. So far, most bills are ~$20 total, which means they pay me $10 but I still have the $30 forced fee to be connected.Install costs are high, electric rates are pretty reasonable, and we don't use a lot of electricity. Our five year average monthly electric bill is $87 and $107 for the past year, which was an exceptionally hot year. Of that, $28/month is a flat fee for being connected to the utility so the energy costs were $59 and $79 respectively. The fee would remain even if the net grid electric power usage were zero or below. Payback period is roughly eighteen years for us.
$700 is a small price to pay to protect American Family Values.
$700 is a small price to pay to protect American Family Values.
A moderately strong tropical storm (not even Cat 1 when it got there) goes through Houston, and leaves 2 million or so without power. Out of a city of ~2.5 million. At least its a mild day today, only 80 degrees with 90% humidity ~ although tomorrow will be back to the 90+ degrees and usual high humidity... lovely weather to not have power.
Oh, and even the power outage map for Houston from Centerpoint is also out of service lol.More than 2 million CenterPoint customers have no electricity | Here’s how you can still watch KPRC 2 News
CenterPoint Energy is preparing for Beryl’s impacts as it heads for the Texas coast.www.click2houston.com
No defense of TX, but it was a cat1 when it landed. I saw at least one story this morning citing it at a cat2 but that may have been an overstep.A moderately strong tropical storm (not even Cat 1 when it got there) goes through Houston, and leaves 2 million or so without power. Out of a city of ~2.5 million. At least its a mild day today, only 80 degrees with 90% humidity ~ although tomorrow will be back to the 90+ degrees and usual high humidity... lovely weather to not have power.
Oh, and even the power outage map for Houston from Centerpoint is also out of service lol.More than 2 million CenterPoint customers have no electricity | Here’s how you can still watch KPRC 2 News
CenterPoint Energy is preparing for Beryl’s impacts as it heads for the Texas coast.www.click2houston.com
No defense of TX, but it was a cat1 when it landed. I saw at least one story this morning citing it at a cat2 but that may have been an overstep.
It's a coastal city that's being hit by a hurricane, some slack might be in order, depending on what happened.
I lived someplace that was and will in the future by hammered by ice storms causing outages of up to a week. Back in the mid-90s the question of burying lines came up and everyone shit on it because it would take 25 years and cost $2 a month per customer added to the bill. Guess what? They still have week long outages and bitch about it.Or Texas is too cheap to pay for proper infrastructure.
Taipei has been burying power lines since 1965. They are at about 61%
Well I guess they prefer to live precariously. 600 bucks is probably all the food spoiled by one power outage in a household.I lived someplace that was and will in the future by hammered by ice storms causing outages of up to a week. Back in the mid-90s the question of burying lines came up and everyone shit on it because it would take 25 years and cost $2 a month per customer added to the bill. Guess what? They still have week long outages and bitch about it.