Freezageddon

[Irish#1]

It’s butt F’ing cold everywhere. Stay warm.

 

[forkbeard3777]

It’s butt F’ing cold everywhere. Stay warm.

Mid to low 40s right now in Houston. We have a family home in NC that I’m heading to Friday. Houston shows 70 degrees, and Highlands shows snow with the high of low 30s and low of 9. Hell of an adjustment 😂

 

[Greenore]

Mid to low 40s right now in Houston. We have a family home in NC that I’m heading to Friday. Houston shows 70 degrees, and Highlands shows snow with the high of low 30s and low of 9. Hell of an adjustment 😂

Talk about variances!

-42F here yesterday and the forecast is for +39F for Friday. A swing of 81 degrees in less than a week, Crazy!

Cheers and Go Irish!!

 

[forkbeard3777]

Talk about variances!

-42F here yesterday and the forecast is for +39F for Friday. A swing of 81 degrees in less than a week, Crazy!

Cheers and Go Irish!!

 

[BeauBenken]

Having an all electric house and a heat pump during this costs me hundreds every year. Not sure why the residents before me ever disconnected the gas line. Have thought about getting it reconnected but have always figured we’d move before it benefited my wallet.

It’s fine in the other seasons but a heat pump can’t keep up with these temps.

 

[irishnd31]

It’s butt F’ing cold everywhere. Stay warm.

Especially wherever Reaper lives....

 

[Fbolt]

First snow in DC area. It'll probably lock down traffic for days.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

3-5 inches in Knoxville today.
Pray for us hill people.

 

[FU BK]

Having an all electric house and a heat pump during this costs me hundreds every year. Not sure why the residents before me ever disconnected the gas line. Have thought about getting it reconnected but have always figured we’d move before it benefited my wallet.

It’s fine in the other seasons but a heat pump can’t keep up with these temps.

Thank god I'm geothermal. Don't miss high gas bills.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

Gonna be 65 here today

 

[GrangerIrish24]

I run a company that does a lot of snow removal for a living. It's weeks like this that make me rethink my early life choices.

 

[StPaul_Irish]

3-5 inches in Knoxville today.
Pray for us hill people.

Rookie, average is 5.5 to 6 worldwide

 

[Irish#1]

Having an all electric house and a heat pump during this costs me hundreds every year. Not sure why the residents before me ever disconnected the gas line. Have thought about getting it reconnected but have always figured we’d move before it benefited my wallet.

It’s fine in the other seasons but a heat pump can’t keep up with these temps.

Maybe because of prices? I don't know about natural gas prices in Muncie, but my neighbors pay a heck of a lot more for gas than my electric bill. We're all electric. Our heat pump has a Seer rating of 18 and does pretty well then cutovers to heat banks once it hits a certain temp (20 degrees?). Even with a week of zero temps, my electric with be around $290.

 

[BleedBlueGold]

Having an all electric house and a heat pump during this costs me hundreds every year. Not sure why the residents before me ever disconnected the gas line. Have thought about getting it reconnected but have always figured we’d move before it benefited my wallet.

It’s fine in the other seasons but a heat pump can’t keep up with these temps.

My old house was set up this way too and also had some of the worst windows I have ever experienced. Lived there during a winter in which windchills hit -45 combined with ice/snow storms. Our furnace went out, as did my brother's. We all stayed together in the family room one night because it had a fireplace. Basically felt like primitive camping, up all night stoking the fire and putting on logs.

Maybe because of prices? I don't know about natural gas prices in Muncie, but my neighbors pay a heck of a lot more for gas than my electric bill. We're all electric. Our heat pump has a Seer rating of 18 and does pretty well then cutovers to heat banks once it hits a certain temp (20 degrees?). Even with a week of zero temps, my electric with be around $290.

We have a gas furnace for the basement and main floor and then an electric in the upstairs. In the winter, Duke Energy seems to gauge the hell out of us on the electric side. The gas is expensive too, but over the last 9 years in this house, the electric bills are what get the local Westfield residents up in arms.

 

[GrangerIrish24]

Rookie, average is 5.5 to 6 worldwide

depends on where you measure from

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

Having an all electric house and a heat pump during this costs me hundreds every year. Not sure why the residents before me ever disconnected the gas line. Have thought about getting it reconnected but have always figured we’d move before it benefited my wallet.

It’s fine in the other seasons but a heat pump can’t keep up with these temps.

Yeah heat pumps especially split systems where your condenser is outside are notoriously terrible when temps get below 40 degrees and their performance/efficiency decreases significantly the colder it gets. We got space heaters for when it gets below 40 here which isn’t often. Don’t run the heat at all. The unit will run nonstop and not heat nearly as well as a few strategically paced heaters.

 

[FU BK]

Yeah heat pumps especially split systems where your condenser is outside are notoriously terrible when temps get below 40 degrees and their performance/efficiency decreases significantly the colder it gets. We got space heaters for when it gets below 40 here which isn’t often. Don’t run the heat at all. The unit will run nonstop and not heat nearly as well as a few strategically paced heaters.

The new Mitsubishi series of heat pumps with hyper heat are nice. My parents recently had one installed in their house and dad said it only triggered the accessory heat a handful of times yesterday. Will give 100% BTU rating down to -5 I believe it is.

 

[NDRock]

depends on where you measure from

From the taint to just past the tip.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

This kind of cold and snow makes me paranoid as a homeowner.

We just had the furnace tuned up last week, so my mind is at ease with that.

 

[NDRock]

This kind of cold and snow makes me paranoid as a homeowner.

We just had the furnace tuned up last week, so my mind is at ease with that.

Agree. Moved into our house in March. Put a wood stove in and set it up with a transfer switch (think that’s what it’s called) so I can run a generator to the panel. We’re in a rural area so I’m worried about losing power. Stove has been a great investment, haven’t had to use the generator yet.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Agree. Moved into our house in March. Put a wood stove in and set it up with a transfer switch (think that’s what it’s called) so I can run a generator to the panel. We’re in a rural area so I’m worried about losing power. Stove has been a great investment, haven’t had to use the generator yet.

Touch wood, we've had power and internet this entire time, but I believe in my area both lines are underground. Friday morning with the snow I think our lights flickered once but that was it.

I'll give credit to our village, our main roads were clear more often than not and my subdivision stayed clear quite a bit when it was coming heavy. Our grocery store took kind of a beating though. Thursday night I waited in self checkout for 20 minutes. It was like the rapture was coming.

 

[Irish#1]

I'll give credit to our village, our main roads were clear more often than not and my subdivision stayed clear quite a bit when it was coming heavy. Our grocery store took kind of a beating though. Thursday night I waited in self checkout for 20 minutes. It was like the rapture was coming.

Everyone needs bread, eggs and milk so they can make French toast during bad weather.

 

[Irishdawg]

Everyone needs bread, eggs and milk so they can make French toast during bad weather.

lol and a run on toilet paper. I lived in Atlanta burb for over 25 years before moving to the Twin Cities. The city would legit just shut down after an inch of snow and the grocery stores would be empty. I lived at the bottom of this big hill, and even with four-wheel-drive couldn’t get up at times because it was so icy! No or very little salt trucks/plows!!

 

[NDohio]

It’s butt F’ing cold everywhere. Stay warm.

As the guy that was singled out by Reaper, this post gives me PTSD…

 

[calvegas04]

3-5 inches in Knoxville today.
Pray for us hill people.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

The new Mitsubishi series of heat pumps with hyper heat are nice. My parents recently had one installed in their house and dad said it only triggered the accessory heat a handful of times yesterday. Will give 100% BTU rating down to -5 I believe it is.

You had me at Mitsubishi series heat pumps….

 

[LOVEMYIRISH]

Having an all electric house and a heat pump during this costs me hundreds every year. Not sure why the residents before me ever disconnected the gas line. Have thought about getting it reconnected but have always figured we’d move before it benefited my wallet.

It’s fine in the other seasons but a heat pump can’t keep up with these temps.

Interesting. I wonder if that's an older model. I knew a few folks up here who have them and they seem to work really well, even below -15. That being said, dual fuel is a good idea over all.

 

[MNIrishman]

lol and a run on toilet paper. I lived in Atlanta burb for over 25 years before moving to the Twin Cities. The city would legit just shut down after an inch of snow and the grocery stores would be empty. I lived at the bottom of this big hill, and even with four-wheel-drive couldn’t get up at times because it was so icy! No or very little salt trucks/plows!!

I just can't imagine life in the third world. Must be a trip.

 

[BeauBenken]

Thank god I'm geothermal. Don't miss high gas bills.

Geothermal is what my wife and I hope to do when we build in the future.

Maybe because of prices? I don't know about natural gas prices in Muncie, but my neighbors pay a heck of a lot more for gas than my electric bill. We're all electric. Our heat pump has a Seer rating of 18 and does pretty well then cutovers to heat banks once it hits a certain temp (20 degrees?). Even with a week of zero temps, my electric with be around $290.

My electric bill will be similar but my house isn't all that large so that seems high to me. And gas here is pretty inexpensive.

Interesting. I wonder if that's an older model. I knew a few folks up here who have them and they seem to work really well, even below -15. That being said, dual fuel is a good idea over all.

I have definitely heard there are models built for the extreme colds, mine doesn't seem to be one as the house is constantly trying to keep up right now. We definitely are not getting any favors with mother nature as here it is frigid cold but no snow to help insulate. It's like fighting a losing battle.

Just ordered a radiant space heater for the future that can hopefully supplement some of our lost heat.

 

[LOVEMYIRISH]

I just can't imagine life in the third world. Must be a trip.

LOL...ikr?

It was -5 yesterday and I was out shopping at Home Depot and Harbor freight for my kid's Eagle Scout project.

Up until now, its been so ridiculously warm I haven't even gotten out my winter parka.

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