Im lost without the PW thread!!!!

[Ewok]

I am going from God knows what, (it is original to the house) 3 ton air-air heat pump to a 4-ton 13-SEER air-air heat pump with an emergency heat strip for backup. I was looking at a dual stage but couldn't justify going to the added expense.

My contractor, who does all the Kicker HVAC work says we should be cutting close to half on our heating and cooling dollar-wise.

Make sure your HVAC installer does a Manual J calculation on your house. Having too big of a HVAC unit is actually less efficient. My old unit was a 5 ton but my HVAC guy figured I only needed a 4 ton and he was right, and I saved a ton in electric bills. If your going to stay in that house for more than 3 years go with the highest efficiency you can afford, it will pay for itself.

As you might know, 13 SEER is the minimum govt rating now, it used to be 10, but get the right size unit and the most efficient (highest SEER) you can and you'll be very happy you did.

Good luck, are you staying in the trailer until the install? I had to stay in a hotel, my house was too hot to sleep in during the two day install.

[philwsailz]

Make sure your HVAC installer does a Manual J calculation on your house. Having too big of a HVAC unit is actually less efficient. My old unit was a 5 ton but my HVAC guy figured I only needed a 4 ton and he was right, and I saved a ton in electric bills. If your going to stay in that house for more than 3 years go with the highest efficiency you can afford, it will pay for itself.

As you might know, 13 SEER is the minimum govt rating now, it used to be 10, but get the right size unit and the most efficient (highest SEER) you can and you'll be very happy you did.

Good luck, are you staying in the trailer until the install? I had to stay in a hotel, my house was too hot to sleep in during the two day install.

We did the calculation. My old unit was too small; installed on the cheap when it was put in. I could go 16.5 SEER to get the dual stage compressor and variable speed fan, but it was more than double the cost, and we did the calculatin that compared the three, (existing, 13 and 16.5) and decided the 13 was the best for our current situation as well as 4 ton.

My kid just started daycare... I wanted the 16.5 just for the efffencicy, bells and whistles, but can;t break it off right now...

[dingleberry]

freeze warning here tonight

glad I brought the boat home

[Iwndr]

freeze warning here tonight

glad I brought the boat home

It is too

[robert theisen]

End of the day post.Busy day today.

[robert theisen]

Monday night football tonight.

[robert theisen]

San Diego Chargers vs Jacksonville Jaguars.

[robert theisen]

I'll go with Rivers in the River City!Help Norv keep his job a couple more weeks.

[Timmy!]

freeze warning here tonight

glad I brought the boat home

Oh no, whatever will you do? I'm hoping for a "thaw" warning...only made it to 18 degrees today.

[robert theisen]

12945 post trying to keep up the pace.

[robert theisen]

Oh no, whatever will you do? I'm hoping for a "thaw" warning...only made it to 18 degrees today.

It hit 68* here today.Warm spell for December.

[Timmy!]

Scratch that, apparently it only made it to about 10...my thermometer gets a little "heat index" from the sun...

[robert theisen]

Well time for dinner.

[Timmy!]

It hit 68* here today.Warm spell for December.

We had that last week. Guess I shouldn't complain too much.

[robert theisen]

Scratch that, apparently it only made it to about 10...my thermometer gets a little "heat index" from the sun...

That's WAAAAAYYYYY TOOOO Cold for my blood!