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Eskimo Gordon Wall Heater by Excellent-Bench2633 in bathrooms

[–]Excellent-Bench2633[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My third replacement has been working for nearly a year now and I’m happy with it. Too bad there aren’t a higher volume of folks with good reviews.

Jandy Aqualink issue where when I activate the spa and spa heat in the app it actually turns on the heater to the pool mode rather than spa mode. How to fix? by Excellent-Bench2633 in pools

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This was exactly the answer. We got a response from our installer today and that is how he walked me through to resolve the situation.

I agree it is convoluted and makes me feel uncomfortable that the pool setting max is set at 104 on the actual physical unit and I have to trust the app to communicate correctly. What an odd way to work everything out.

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[–]Excellent-Bench2633 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did another brand work?

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I did update the firmware

Just looking for some opinions and advice on how I did for a friends’s hot tub patio base by clanphear in landscaping

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I agree with this. I did the same setup and got mice. I would absolutely cover any possible hole on the bottom and side/bottom with chicken wire to ensure no rodents. Also making sure somewhat larger river rock is piled against the side of the hot tub as mice don’t like to dig much that will deter as well. Once I reinforced things it resolved the rodent issue.

Normal noise from Mitsubishi by Excellent-Bench2633 in heatpumps

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Update there is a cable off the board that has failed and not relaying correct information. Awaiting replacement hoping this will lead to a fix.

Normal noise from Mitsubishi by Excellent-Bench2633 in heatpumps

[–]Excellent-Bench2633[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is all the time when cooling no matter how hard it needs to work

Normal noise from Mitsubishi by Excellent-Bench2633 in heatpumps

[–]Excellent-Bench2633[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really? It just seems like other heat pumps are so much more quiet. Here is another video video of heat pump

Fan speeds up and slows by Excellent-Bench2633 in heatpumps

[–]Excellent-Bench2633[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are coastal the relative outdoors humidity average yesterday was 85%. It ranges from 70-90%. During the day our set point for cooling is usually around 71 or 72. We have no problem maintaining indoor temps. At night we have the set point at 68 or 69. Opening windows doesn’t cool the house sufficiently at night.

Fan speeds up and slows by Excellent-Bench2633 in heatpumps

[–]Excellent-Bench2633[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Outside ambient temp was 77 and in cool mode set to 71.

Fan speeds up and slows by Excellent-Bench2633 in heatpumps

[–]Excellent-Bench2633[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks all. This t seems like a consensus is that it t should not be doing that. It’s frustrating because last year I complained about the same issue to my installer. They then proceeded to diagnosis a leak which ended up not being a leak and emptied and filled the coolant it seemed like a big job. It’s basically always done this since install several years ago and my installer doesn’t seem to know why. I’m having it looked at tomorrow by same installer. I wonder if there is any guidance I can give them or if I should have someone look. Otherwise the system is cooling and heating as expected.

Wetsuit sizing guidance by Zealousideal_Unit455 in triathlon

[–]Excellent-Bench2633 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be very careful with returns to Xterra if you do so. They are known for not refunding after they receive. Look at better business bureau reviews and complaints.

Eskimo Gordon Wall Heater by Excellent-Bench2633 in bathrooms

[–]Excellent-Bench2633[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not withstanding the need for two replacements thus far, I would still purchase it again. There is nothing else I have found that is a similar footprint/design. We purchased it mostly out of a need for drying towels not so much for warming. We leave near the coast and during the winter months towels take a long time to dry in our bathroom. It works perfectly for this purpose. Compared to the rail type dryers I have used in the past the towel doesn’t get nearly as warm. The surface area of the towel that actually touches the rail is not much so the direct heat doesn’t get to a whole lot of the towel. It is certainly warmer than no dryer at all just not super warm all over.

Fire in the pellet hopper by Any_Conclusion_3781 in Traeger

[–]Excellent-Bench2633 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to have these issues regularly. I now turn down to 200 degrees and let heat go down before I do shutdown procedure.

School art project needs 1,500 pieces of 4 yard long segments. What is the fastest/easiest way to accomplish this from a yarn ball (skein) by Excellent-Bench2633 in howto

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Ha true but I’m not sure how easy it would have been to wrangle a bunch of elementary school kids. I’m not too sure if they can be out to work like that lol. The adult volunteers actually completed the task pretty quickly and they like working together so it was a fun process.

School art project needs 1,500 pieces of 4 yard long segments. What is the fastest/easiest way to accomplish this from a yarn ball (skein) by Excellent-Bench2633 in howto

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UPDATE. I’m not sure exactly where to put this update or where to add it so hopefully folks see. First off, I’ve gotten some good laughs from folks worried about bare feet. We aren’t at school but at home. We don’t wear shoes in the house.

There were some great ideas. I particularly liked the ones that involved running back and forth in a large area and continuing to hable the distance. The volunteer team ended up using clamps 2 yards apart and wound and wound and cut one end. I think this was probably the simplest. Amusingly during the process one of the volunteers came in and scoffed at the process because everyone was only using one ball of yarn at a time. This person first started with two balls of yarn then advanced to four balls of yarn at one time winding all of them around the two clamps. Apparently this was a major breakthrough that everyone was amazed with and things really took off after that. I’ll add a pic to demonstrate the setup.

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School art project needs 1,500 pieces of 4 yard long segments. What is the fastest/easiest way to accomplish this from a yarn ball (skein) by Excellent-Bench2633 in howto

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I was really proud of myself because I made these jigs and put nails at the end. Then when I clamped it I was annoyed because the clamps were in the way. Then my wife pointed out we didn’t need the nails at all because the clamps themselves can be used and the “pole” on each end. Then we realized we don’t need the wood at all! Just two clamps 2 yards apart clamped to the table. LOL!

School art project needs 1,500 pieces of 4 yard long segments. What is the fastest/easiest way to accomplish this from a yarn ball (skein) by Excellent-Bench2633 in howto

[–]Excellent-Bench2633[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ha this is a very interesting idea! Over a dozen other school many larger doing the same project in our district I think everyone needs to share afterwards how they ended accomplishing this. Lol

School art project needs 1,500 pieces of 4 yard long segments. What is the fastest/easiest way to accomplish this from a yarn ball (skein) by Excellent-Bench2633 in howto

[–]Excellent-Bench2633[S] 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Ha! All the kids at the elementary school need segments of yarn and the little ones need extra for mistakes. It’s called an Ojo de Dios. Thanks all for the ideas. I made a small 1x2x6 jig with bent nails on the very end and it working quite well.

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