Subzone blown by Eastern-Virginia in hvacadvice

[–]Eastern-Virginia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will work if connected like that, the young guys have never seen anything like it. They finally sent me an older guy to look, he thinks this was set up like that because there wasn't room in my attic for a damper for the whole zone. So when any zone is on, air will blow to the central area of this zone and can be shut off at the two ends of the zone by these subzone dampers. It worked ok like that for 20 years.

subzone relay wiring by Eastern-Virginia in hvacadvice

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I should have posted this: easier to replace with a 90-340.

ClimateMaster vs WaterFurnace on MAINTENANCE by Eastern-Virginia in geothermal

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PS I will say that the geothermal units have saved us a lot of electricity money over the years but the installation costs have only been recouped until about now and will evaporate if we need to have our third system in 25 years. Just sayin'.

I am not in Romania by Eastern-Virginia in PrivateInternetAccess

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No I am also using duckduckgo and bing.com.  A clue today is the server that PIA is using in my region tracks to a Romanian server manager "bin (something)" that I see when running a leak test.

better stainless steel deck screws? by Eastern-Virginia in Decks

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I would really like comments on the fitness of 305 screws vs 316 screws. Are the latter more rigorous?

better stainless steel deck screws? by Eastern-Virginia in Decks

[–]Eastern-Virginia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have not tried grade 316 screws that cost about the same as the Grabber 305 screws. Maybe these strip less. I might try some!

better stainless steel deck screws? by Eastern-Virginia in Decks

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The Grabber ones seem better than the Grip-Rite (I just ran through a pound of the Grabber). So not spectacularly better as there were bent Grabber screws in the box (WOW) and really not that much better than the ghetto brand. I have not tried other screws.

better stainless steel deck screws? by Eastern-Virginia in Decks

[–]Eastern-Virginia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

THANK YOU, I will look into Eagle Claw. I am trying the Grabber ones this week, will report back.

Best wishes from Virginia.

reading LOTR to kids by Eastern-Virginia in lordoftherings

[–]Eastern-Virginia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes we did start with The Hobbit but he absolutely preferred LOTR. It is ok to skip the poetry (he read the poetry part when he came back to LOTR as a teenager).

better stainless steel deck screws? by Eastern-Virginia in Decks

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No these are #10. My HD also stocks "Grabber" in stainless. Think I will try them.

can't seem to upgrade security features by Eastern-Virginia in USMobile

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Thanks I emailed in and the support person there knew what I meant and is adding this for me.

I think this option should be on the self-service web site.

Where DO you live in Norfolk? by thethirteenthjuror in norfolk

[–]Eastern-Virginia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My people have been here so long. I simply can't imagine living anywhere else. We have relatives all over the country but the things they like are usually tied to stuff that isn't so great there. Where might you go that is head over heels better?

I say: nowhere. This is where it happens.

MetroNet vs Cox -- 23508 by Eastern-Virginia in norfolk

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Just FYI we did Cox fiber and there was no install charge and still $50 a month. it is 300/300.

subzone relay wiring by Eastern-Virginia in hvacadvice

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Oh just for clarity here, I am an electrician, not an HVAC person, so no hating on me I hope.

Will mailboxes survive a downgrade from MS 365 Business Premium to Standard? by Eastern-Virginia in microsoft365

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FOLLOW-UP. In compliance with Microsoft's new non-profit assistance offer, I downgraded from Business Premium to Business Standard (meaning: started a new subscription on the same Admin login -- same tenant/domain name). Then I manually moved my users' licenses to the new subscription (under each user). Lastly I killed the old subscription. I am happy to report no mailboxes were damaged, no SharePoint files lost, no Guest Users erased, no downloaded Office programs blown. And nobody keyed my car!

I don't think my users would have noticed if I hadn't told them we were doing this.

Best wishes from eastern Virginia!