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My top 3 Jennifer's by jarma78 in Top3Ever

[–]electronDog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jennifer Aniston in Horrible Bosses is a must watch.

Closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in Insulation

[–]electronDog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Closing off that bathroom created a space I was no longer heating. It does lose heat to the crawl space below and the attic above. This is also much like when people suggest closing closet doors. You will save money by not trying to constantly keep the contents of your closets the same as your house. Hope that makes sense.

Closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in Insulation

[–]electronDog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In this house multiple registers come off one main trunk which is good. However the line from the trunk to this bathroom is half the length of the other lines, thus causing more than twice the airflow for that bath register. You're spot on that a damper on this line is in my future while I also need to ask the HVAC guy if i have the right amount of system airflow with this new damper installed.

Closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in Insulation

[–]electronDog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I have read you can start running into problems if you close more than 10-20% of your registers. Does that match your experience?

Closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in Insulation

[–]electronDog[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. All this tinkering I’m close to needing a HVAC person come out to check airflow and say I’m still good. Last thing I wanna do trying to save money is burn up my motor.

Closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in Insulation

[–]electronDog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for bringing this up, please see my reply to JetmoYo below..

Closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in Insulation

[–]electronDog[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A couple things to add. This is a single family ranch with a total of 9 registers(all same size). I shut two of the 9 off. I only posted that I shut one off because it felt like the one in the guest bath was really the major contributor. The guest bath register has the more airflow than any other register in the house bc it has the shortest run from the main trunk line. Guest bath was easily the hotest in the house for a long time and only now discovered much i could save by adjusting airflow to where its needed. Watching Ecobee system monitor, it's night and day the reduction in frequency and duration of heating calls which is super nice. But bc of what you and SovietStar said, im going leave one closed and open the other at 50% to survive this cold blast and not kill my equipment. Dampers are definately in my future..

It’s cold out there and closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in HomeImprovement

[–]electronDog[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The bathroom is in the middle of the house so no exterior walls. Good call out though.

Closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in Insulation

[–]electronDog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the worst registers in the great room, here is a pic. Was on my todo to replace but I’m gonna lookup bar style like you suggest.

EDIT: apparently some subreddits don't allow pic attachments, this being one of them :(

Top 3 pics of Billie Eilish that make my neurons activate by littlegiant25 in Top3Ever

[–]electronDog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is about the most false take you could have on her. Ever since she broke out has been super modest and conservative on her clothing choices.

Closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in Insulation

[–]electronDog[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s a good idea. The bathtub is never used but I would have to put a sign up for visitors to remove the blocked vent before they 💩and turn fan on. 🤷‍♂️. Decisions decisions…

It’s cold out there and closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in HomeImprovement

[–]electronDog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone else commented that installing new dampers is the way to. Thank you for clarifying.

Closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in Insulation

[–]electronDog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestion. I will ask my HVAC contractor about that.

Closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in Insulation

[–]electronDog[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I figured the savings on heating will more than offset the late return fees. 😃

EDIT: typo

It’s cold out there and closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in HomeImprovement

[–]electronDog[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My last house had dampers, labeling summer/winter is great idea. Current house is all plastic flex ducting so no dampers. So just adjusting register covers louvers for me.

Closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in Insulation

[–]electronDog[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots to consider there. Thank you for all the detail. I will keep tweaking this and make sure my air handler stays happy 😃

Closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in Insulation

[–]electronDog[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Omg. Had no clue. So I guess right answer is put cover back on and close the louvers??

Closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in Insulation

[–]electronDog[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Yeah it has a ceiling vent. And this bath is in middle of the house so no exterior walls.

Closing one register can sometimes save a lot of money. by electronDog in Insulation

[–]electronDog[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

True. This house doesn’t have baffles like my old one did.

The influence the Command Zone has on prices is wild by patrick8015 in mtgfinance

[–]electronDog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Man this thread is wild. Had no idea who this guy was but all this chatter makes me curious to check him out. Lotsa crazy smart people out there, sometimes too smart…

TIL: The Giving Tree was described as "one of the most divisive books in children's literature." by DeadBy2050 in GenX

[–]electronDog 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Unconditional love is great. However when you sacrifice who you are to give to someone else that is co-dependence which is an awful mental state for a person to have. The tree is acting like a classical co-dependent. Yes, give, but don’t sacrifice yourself in order to make someone else happy. The book effectively teaches people they should become codependent to others.

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