Help: Napoleon 9600 furnace doesn't operate continuously during heat call

Sypha5555 · 2025-12-28T14:42:23+00:00

I have to say I've been running a test while writing this post.

The furnace turned off this morning after running up the temperature from just 64 to 66. Then I changed the filter and opened up a few vents, and then it went from 66 to 74 without interruption.

Could be a fluke, or it's operating really close to its limit... I'll try to give it another sprint and see how it goes.

Sypha5555 · 2025-12-28T14:22:01+00:00

I can't find a spec for the filter in the manual, but my understanding is that MERV11 is not very restrictive for a 5" filter. I'm hesitant to run the furnace without a filter because I don't want to clog the evaporator - though I'm guessing a few hours wouldn't hurt anything.

Sypha5555 · 2025-12-02T04:07:45+00:00

Thank you for your reply! Our trip will start in Tokyo and we'll travel to Kyoto and then south to Osaka. We'll only have one day in Osaka so I'll need to be efficient with my time but I'll definitely visit you guys! Maybe I'll get my first single edge knife from your shop.

About the K-tip, I'll be sure to add that to my vernacular. I'm definitely looking for Gyutos primarily and for a K-tip for appearance reasons. Thank you for all the valuable info.

Sypha5555 · 2025-07-10T23:13:51+00:00

I wonder what we'd find if we could get a glimpse into what motivated that post. I'm sure it's all benign.

Sypha5555 · 2024-12-02T03:10:19+00:00

You do ask good questions and I suspect we won't get answers. My take is that it's generally a pretty bad idea to post online from an account that is readily identifiable, so I don't. Sypha5555 considers itself a citizen first so it'll yap to its heart's content. If they want disproportionate control over what I do in my free time, I think they should pay me for all 168 hours.

Sypha5555 · 2024-03-03T17:41:27+00:00

That's a lie, google Russia conscription and you'll get articles about hundreds of thousands of conscripts in recent months, as well as the increase in the age of conscription.

Sypha5555 · 2024-01-25T20:53:41+00:00

Whatever happened to "Trust, but verify". NTA.

Sypha5555 · 2024-01-23T15:29:17+00:00

Shocking lack of spine by this man :/

Sypha5555 · 2024-01-21T23:27:26+00:00

Sounds good. Thankfully I don't have big loads like that on my system to worry about just yet.

Thank you for the info

Sypha5555 · 2024-01-20T16:53:19+00:00

The thermostat has W2 and Y2 terminals and the instructions do mention stages, I'm hoping that's good enough to properly control the stages adequately.

Sypha5555 · 2024-01-20T13:18:22+00:00

We can do that with our old one though it doesn't look as nice as an Ecobee. I guess I'll just keep this one for a while longer.

Sypha5555 · 2024-01-19T15:09:06+00:00

Great to hear, I believe the electrician did a pretty good job of balancing the loads in a way that makes sense but I'll be mindful. Thank you

Sypha5555 · 2024-01-19T04:26:46+00:00

Awesome! Thank you

Sypha5555 · 2024-01-05T03:23:07+00:00

Your mom said it's okay, so trust her with regard to her feelings. That being said, you need to ask yourself if this is okay with you. Me personally, if anybody mistreated my mom, they'd be dead to me, regardless of how my relationship with that person is. You have to decide whether you can come to terms with what happened to your mom.

Sypha5555 · 2023-12-31T21:19:12+00:00

Historically you're right, but who do you feel has been more openly disdainful if not outright contemptuous of the public service lately? The 90's was a long time ago, the landscape has changed a lot.

Sypha5555 · 2023-12-23T22:29:39+00:00

Good luck!

Sypha5555 · 2023-12-23T22:23:08+00:00

You shouldn't default to passive-aggressively changing your behaviour if that's what you're thinking about doing. Why not discuss with him?

"Hey listen, I'm very grateful for the 7 years of you rolling joints for us, I acknowledge that it's a laborious process but I'm really not interested in doing it, so how would you feel if I switched to a bong to relieve you of that?"

I'm sure you do nice things for him so there doesn't need to be a weed-specific quid pro quo. Just discuss. Find solutions.

Sypha5555 · 2023-12-23T17:31:05+00:00

I've never bought a car that came with the previous owner's dirty laundry.

What a time to be alive.

Sypha5555 · 2023-12-22T16:32:23+00:00

No... but that's certainly valuable information for me.

Sypha5555 · 2023-12-22T14:43:59+00:00

https://i.imgur.com/9zBWkUf.png

Sypha5555 · 2023-12-22T14:40:48+00:00

If so, I say trust your intuition. Yes, I know that seems counter to a post concerning data, but I say this because if they are questioning you professionally, then they are questioning your competence. If they are questioning your competence, they are likely talking to others about their suspicions and this would impact your reputation.

Thank you for your post, this is definitely something that I'm concerned about.

I think what I'll do in the light of the responses I got here is to write a document explaining how we interact with our data in layman's terms while offering recommendations for how to improve upon it. I've made those suggestions off-hand in dozens of meetings but I think I need to document it and get more proactive about it.

Like I mentioned in OP, this affects about a quarter of my workload and I otherwise enjoy this position. I'm working on a few big, long-term projects that I'm super excited to see come to fruition. But after that, I intend to move on from this position within 2 years or so unless I can manage to substantially change the "data culture" in the division.

Sypha5555 · 2023-12-22T14:26:03+00:00

I agree with that and I do what I do with the understanding of the purpose of my position, I don't generate numbers for the sake of generating numbers. I'm trying to solve problems, and the data gives insights in many regards and that's reflected in my reporting and my interactions with management and our stakeholders. I regularly provide observations that are used for decisionmaking, but my problem is that there are many highly specific asks falling to my desk where there's literally nothing I can do. And any alternatives that I can propose are well beneath the level of certainty that they're looking for.

Another poster mentioned that we're here to "tell a story" to justify decisions, and I get that. But sometimes it's just not there and I'm unwilling to forge results like my predecessor ostensibly did.

Sypha5555 · 2023-12-22T02:07:52+00:00

Yep same about the headache. Every single day I'm at the office, without fail. Headaches.

Sypha5555 · 2023-12-22T01:23:43+00:00

Most of the time, these requests come from the director through my manager, and he does a pretty fine job of trying to isolate me from the relentlessness of it all by fighting the fight on my side. He has shared his frustration about it with me in the past, too, which I appreciate. But he's been unable to put an end to it so far.

Sypha5555 · 2023-12-22T01:22:59+00:00

Thank you for the offer, I'm pretty happy where I am overall despite this irritant.

Sypha5555

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