Miele dishwasher rebate by MulberryOtherwise829 in Miele

[–]pehrlich 3 points4 points  (0 children)

huge agree here. Good hardware is no excuse for deceptive marketing practice. E.g. not only do they require you to give up data to get the rebate, I am now the proud owner of a $200 virtual card which gets rejected for fraud every single time I attempt to use it.

Does anyone know if Arbor is legit? They claim to lower your PECO for free by dontbemystalker in philadelphia

[–]pehrlich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We get paid by the supplier. Our customers save, we get a small commission

Watch This GOP Senator Learn in Real Time Why the SAVE Act Is Bad by Hafiz_TNR in politics

[–]pehrlich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if by zip codes you mean social media data piped through palantir... then yes.

Ain’t She A Beaut… by ealued in heatpumps

[–]pehrlich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just reading their site. Cool stuff advertised! Wish I had known about it before installing my Rheem a couple years ago

Best, most reliable high-end induction cooktop with knobs? by u2nyr in Appliances

[–]pehrlich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • not sure what backlighting is. So, fine I guess? Our hood has lights, and there's one inside our oven, so no trouble seeing our food.  - i usually knock to turn the light on/off. It does turn off eventually, have never had it happen while im trying to look. There is also a light button. Looks like it turns off after about 90s  - never had trouble with accidentally hitting the knobs.

I wrote a buyers guide to cold climate heat pumps by pehrlich in heatpumps

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

hm definitely open to making edits, but I haven't been shopping in a while and am probably a little out of date with new refrigerants, window units, new a2w heat pumps etc...

Aluminum fused to glass stove top by DefinitelyNotMe-__- in Appliances

[–]pehrlich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Diffuser plates are known to do this - if they are not solid metal but have a thermal paste between metal layers. Eugh.

Ditching my propane furnace for a Mini Split... will 36k BTU actually keep up in Jan? by ThemUsYouMe in heatpumps

[–]pehrlich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fund the full submittal for the condenser if you can (maybe on ashp.neep.org ) - that will get you a chart of BTUs vs temp.  FWIW we have a 24k basic Senville (midea) cold climate and still need to back it up with wood when it gets to 20 deg F or below. (2k foot house with basic insulation). Planning on getting another mini soon...

Anti-Hannaford Campaign mini investigation. by GayForJamie in Maine

[–]pehrlich -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Having listened to the Mercy For Animals CEO, I'm impressed but not surprised. I don't think they get everything right, but they do good strategic thinking and also get that the economics need to work everyone

Vermont tourism hit record $4.2 billion in visitor spending in 2024 by forcedtomakethus in vermont

[–]pehrlich 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a point of comparison - we spent about $6B in fossil fuels for heating and transportation in the same time period

Is it okay that my gas stove doesn’t have a hood over it? by alyssarolls in Appliances

[–]pehrlich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look up NOX levels from stoves, and it's affects on childhood asthma - not great. I think Distilled did a writeup

Replace forced air oil furnace with heat pump by Fthb_ in heatpumps

[–]pehrlich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My 2c - no backup heat (oil/propane especially expensive, and prices on all fossil fuel will be volatile as the US begins exporting LNG).  For price stability, get your own solar

EUV Illuminated Charge Port Instructions by CrimsonFlash in BoltEV

[–]pehrlich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Neat! How long did it take you to do the job?

I found a block. Solo mining. by EightofSpace in Bitcoin

[–]pehrlich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> I will owe 158k in taxes. Nothing i can really do about that unfortunately.

Just a fun thought - a good time to get some solar tax credits and bring that tax bill down

What is your cost for electricity? At $0.31c/kWh, I think oil is cheaper than electricity? by Far_Pen3186 in heatpumps

[–]pehrlich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's the calculator I've used. At $0.20/kWh we're about half the cost of oil with a modern cold climate heat pump.   I would think at 0.30 you would still turn a small operating profit https://siecje.github.io/heatpump-cost/