New Furnace en route
Sep. 22nd, 2007 04:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebitterguySo, Cynra & I are getting our new furnace and AC put in on Friday. Right now, we're trying to clean out some space in the basement so they will be able to install it.
The problem is, nerds are packras, so we have loads of shit to dispose of. I have a bunch of old ID magazines I subscribed to because they were carrying Dork Tower. I did find a bunch of the old IBM Codernaut ads that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
absinthe_dot_ca had mentioned. Man, I'd forgotten about those.
Anyway, this morning he had an efficiency audit, which was also fun. Amusing things we learned about our furnace? It's the single least efficient furnace ever mass produced. Something like 75% efficient when it was produced, when the current baseline is like 90%.
It is almost three decades old.
Man. We might as well be heating the house with a dozen butane lighters.
On the plus side, we should be saving a metric shitload (that's a technical term) on heating now.
Man. What a total piece of shit.
The problem is, nerds are packras, so we have loads of shit to dispose of. I have a bunch of old ID magazines I subscribed to because they were carrying Dork Tower. I did find a bunch of the old IBM Codernaut ads that
absinthe_dot_ca had mentioned. Man, I'd forgotten about those. Anyway, this morning he had an efficiency audit, which was also fun. Amusing things we learned about our furnace? It's the single least efficient furnace ever mass produced. Something like 75% efficient when it was produced, when the current baseline is like 90%.
It is almost three decades old.
Man. We might as well be heating the house with a dozen butane lighters.
On the plus side, we should be saving a metric shitload (that's a technical term) on heating now.
Man. What a total piece of shit.
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Date: 2007-09-22 11:41 pm (UTC)My hot water heater decided to fail at around the same time, too, and that was also on the low end of the efficiency curve.
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Date: 2007-09-23 02:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-23 12:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-23 02:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-23 02:53 am (UTC)This is our second house and so far we have replaced two roofs, replaced two ancient furnaces (one oil!), bought a window a/c unit only to replace it four years later with central a/c in a new house, and installed all new windows to replace the 40yr old ones that the house came with.
I suppose not freezing my butt off all winter and not sweating all summer is a good thing but somehow having to spend money on this stuff seems like a waste.
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Date: 2007-09-23 02:34 pm (UTC)New windows are nice, though. Can't wait until THOSE are paid off.
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Date: 2007-09-23 03:18 am (UTC)Are they deliberately making slightly inefficient furnaces? Are 100% efficient furnaces the type that use NO fuels and still heat your home?
This and wondering what the speed of Gravity is.
Not expecting an answer, just thinking out loud.
cheers.
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Date: 2007-09-23 02:09 pm (UTC)