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We've almost made it halfway to our goal but the end of month bills are coming and we are nearly broke. Please, if you can, I know it is a hard time of year to send money to strangers but we do need to pay our bills. Thanks.
Hugs,
Erin, Piper, Cat and the gang
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Sent $100.
Merry Christmas to all of you.
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Thanks, hon.
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Okay, a little something
on the way.
C'mon, boys and girls, some of us are comfortably off, and I know some of us aren't, what we get here is astonishing value.
Teri Ann
"Reach for the sun."
Thanks, hon.
And thanks to everyone who contributes in many ways.
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
bimonthy on its way by snail mail
And most of us are kinda middle of the road, income-wise. I just paid for a 2 ton Top of the Line Carrier heat pump, though it is on a 0% interest intro credit card right now, talk about sticker shock. And I only bought the house three years ago *sigh*. Apparently the old Carrier heat pump was 19 years old and not 9 like the house inspector said :(.
Point is, one must pay what is needed for what is important to you. In the heat pump's case, it heats really well, is really efficient and extremely quiet; does not sound like a moose call when it defrosts, and since it is pretty much right outside of my bedroom window .....
Thanks, hon
As I was reading your post, I was listening to the furnace fire up in my mobile home. The poor thing is old enough to run for president and if elected in 2016 to NOT be the youngest president ever. :) It sounds like a Sopwith Camel crashing into a Cuisinart factory, complete with the kazoo sounds Snoopy made on all those Charlie Brown specials. :)
Thanks again and hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
If it is a furnace it can last a very long time.
The furnace in my parent's old house is my age ( 50 mumble mumble ) and still going strong. Granted it is a gas furnace but it still fires up a treat. I suspect there are more efficient modern ones though.
Heat pumps, unless they are geothermal, don't last nearly as long. A 19 year old heat pump is at least a fifth less efficient then when it was new. More likely is is probably a quarter less efficient. Since my unit has a 20SEER/12HSPF, I still expect it to perform at 16 SEER/9HSPF at the end of its life. That means at its EOL, it will perform as well as a new low to mid-range one today. Of course by that time SEER will be around 28-33 and HSPF will probably be about 16-18 for a top performing unit. Hopefully it will not be putting out that cold air my old unit was putting out when it is in the 20s outside.
Oh and I winced at the description of the noise your furnace gives off, sounds very much like the defrosting sounds my old heat pump made.