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Cellar Scribblings
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on February 07, 2021, 02:03:19 pm ---I just did a mad-dash cleaning around the apartment. I noticed that the heater in the apartment was not turning on. I checked it out, and the thermostat was blank, no digital display showing the temperature. I thought perhaps the maintenance man would have to come.
I called the super after I had finished cleaning, and he told me that usually means the batteries are dead, and to just replace them, if I had them. The face of the unit pulls off easily.
Thankfully, I had batteries in the apartment, and now it's working again, and as a side bonus, the apartment is clean.
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I had something similar happen recently -- my heat was running higher than the thermostat was set for. Like it was set for 68 but showed the temperature as 74, which seemed accurate because it was hot. I remembered somebody once saying that if something seemed to be acting up you should change the batteries in the thermostat. I did that, and the heat evened out. But then it went bad again. So I set up an appointment to get it looked at. Then it got better again and I canceled the appointment. Now it's kind of on and off. It's not perfect but I'm going to hold tight for now because the repair visit starts at $89 even if they don't do anything.
A local friend posted on FB a couple of days ago that her furnace was completely out. It's like 1 degree here. The repair people couldn't get a replacement part until the following night, so she turned on some space heaters and bundled up. They got it fixed that next night, but I told her I admired her toughness -- I would have been posting from a Super 8.
morrobay:
Is it snowing, Chuck?
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 07, 2021, 05:04:36 pm ---A local friend posted on FB a couple of days ago that her furnace was completely out. It's like 1 degree here. The repair people couldn't get a replacement part until the following night, so she turned on some space heaters and bundled up. They got it fixed that next night, but I told her I admired her toughness -- I would have been posting from a Super 8.
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Not me, I'd be working all night long to make sure the pipes didn't freeze!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on February 07, 2021, 06:59:10 pm ---Not me, I'd be working all night long to make sure the pipes didn't freeze!
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What would you be doing all night long? ???
Somebody on FB recommended she open any cabinets containing pipes, especially if they are on outside walls. I would also turn the faucets on a slow drizzle.
I suppose even those precautions wouldn't be enough if it got cold enough for long enough. I think she said it was in the 50s in her house, and of course the longer the furnace stayed broken the colder it would get. But wouldn't it have to be below freezing in the house for the pipes to freeze inside the house? Or do I just not get how pipes work?
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: morrobay on February 07, 2021, 06:54:29 pm ---Is it snowing, Chuck?
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It stopped snowing about 4:30 this afternoon. I went out right away and cleared off the car and shoveled around it, so that's done.
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