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Re: Mystery tool
Yes, the whole "fireman" thing could well be a corruption of Firmin as you say. Hard to separate fact from fiction, especially when fiction can spread so fast on the Internet. I always assume that half of what I read on the Internet is wrong (this site excepted, of course!). The problem is knowing which half…
jesmed1
Re: Mystery tool
It's just a wrench. My grandfather had one. It works for whatever it fits on.
rick25s
Re: "Yelp"/ angi list for contractors.
Not for me, no. I'll take them and charge the 3.5% fee, but 99% of my clients don't want to pay that fee and neither do I.
GroundUp
Re: Mitsubishi mini split not working - basics needed
Super bummer I hope they can get their ac back online soon
there are two types of leaks- easy to find and miserable to find. It can be very time consuming.
it can be a bad connection, a leaking line set, a leaking wall unit. Outdoor units extremely rarely leak.
It may not be a leak at all.
not all companies have the energy to chase these problems.
Hopefully they can find a good technician!
GW
Re: Indirect Water Heater Coverage via Warranty Company
I think "bordering on fraud" is the home warranty industry's motto.
mattmia2
Re: Indirect Water Heater Coverage via Warranty Company
home warranty companies are all a scam!
pecmsg
Re: Megapress G
I don't think there is really enough space there for it to confine and freeze water, it will just expand out of the joint as it freezes.
mattmia2
Re: Old fridge
On any 1930s and up GE you turn the knob to defrost and go to bed. When you wake up you dump the tray of ice and water into the sink.
It keeps running to maintain temperature but it raises the turn on point above freezing so the frost falls off.
How much time and energy are you going to factor in for that? It's zero energy.....
Regardless,
The efficiency of the refrigeration equipment hasn't changed. The insulation of the cabinet hasn't improved.
And like I said, even the much later ones that do use a lot of power, it's not enough to justify replacing it.
ChrisJ
Re: who makes the Webb Pure Pro?
Peerless or Weil McLain.
Some love Burnham, Crown or Force (they are all made by Burnham) Just not me . I have seen and heard of way to many failures.
Re: Old fridge
I think the video you're talking about is from a guy named Dusty? He knows his stuff.
I don't know much about 1948 stuff, but I'd guess R12 or similar on something that modern.
No, the really old refrigerators never were energy hogs.
I've had a 1933 GE Monitor Top running in my kitchen for 10 years now and it averages around 30kwh a month running 33-34F. Right next to it is a 1935 GE Ball top which has been running for 4 years, that runs about 18kwh a month and it's used and opened constantly. Most of the mid to late 1930s - 1940s machines use very little power, 1935 is when GE really perfected things. There's usually no fans, and no defrost heaters etc. For what it's worth, we have a 2022 manual defrost mini fridge in the office that uses 20kwh a month, according to energy star but I've never measured it.
Here's the other problem.
What about more modern refrigerators that are "Energy hogs"? I'm picturing 1960s-80s side by side refrigerators etc. What's it going to cost to run, $10-12 a month? The most you're going to save is a few dollars a month at best even replacing a so called hog. Replacing a 1930s-40s refrigerator with new will pretty much always result in quite a bit more power consumption unless something was really wrong with the old one.
ChrisJ