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Re: Road trip to Michigan...

By: weco1 in FFT4 | Recommend this post (0)
Sat, 24 Dec 22 2:01 AM | 24 view(s)
Boardmark this board | FFT4 		Msg. 06006 of 13353
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Yes, the disadvantage od air heat pumps is that below 40º F, they are not efficient.. Our new int flips to NG if below 40ºF, so out night time runs are all on NG as we dip close to the 20a... 50s, 60s daytime next week, but we leave the system set at 68ºF. Until we leave for Carson City for the weekend..

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Dry over Donner, should be fine tomorrow, but nippy...

Granddaughter texted us at 7 AM our time, from West Virginia, they were down to 3ºF, snuggling to stay warm, but a wood fire, propane backup I think.. Went out later to check the creek, her shoelaces froze, she said... They are there as her biodad is letting them stay in his rental, rent free for a year, but this may be the straw that breaks it, maybe look elsewhere, warmer... They were living in Monterey, pretty mild, but want to buy their own place, trying to save up a chunk but... Of course we'd rather they get bak to NorCal somewhere, but, we'll see, their choice, but I'm sure us grandparents would help of they proposed a plan, but new hubby has a stubborn streak, so, just let it play out.

Merry Christmas!


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Re: Road trip to Michigan...
By: oldCADuser in FFT4
Fri, 23 Dec 22 5:35 PM 		Msg. 06005 of 13353

We took the Texas option and got to Katy about 6:30pm last night. By the time we left our hotel in Oklahoma yesterday morning at 9:00am, the air temp was 4Ëš and the wind chill was down to -18Ëš. It snowed about an inch over night but the wind was blowing it pretty hard. The blowing snow lasted for about an hour as we headed South toward Texas. We finally left the snowy area and by the time we got to Katy the temp was 36Ëš but it was down to 22Ëš when we got back to the hotel. The problem is that the heat in the hotel room uses a heat pump and it's so cold that it just isn't producing much heat. So far the best we can do is about 68Ëš in the room.

They finally had to move us to a different room as the heat just wouldn't come on. While it was somewhat better, it was still struggling to heat the room. This morning it was 15Ëš with the windchill down to 2Ëš.

The plan is still to stay here is Katy, Texas, thru Sunday, Christmas day and celebrate with our #1 son's family. Since it appears that that storm will be pretty much over on Saturday, we'll probably leave for Michigan early Monday morning and at least spend News Years weekend with our Michigan family members, including #3 son.


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