The fall temps have been here the last 5 days or so, and the house is surely feeling it. In the morning it has been down to 62 degrees upstairs (downstairs is still a warmish 66 degrees). The sun has shone plentifully, but there has also been a lot of wind, so the upstairs has only gotten up to 65 degrees - even with the dehydrator and crock pot going most of the day.
WS stripped off most of the siding on either end of the house yesterday (getting ready for the contractor), so I am holding off on starting the heater. Somehow I just can't justify heating the house when a lot of it will go out the walls (there is insulation, but no plywood - a thing that will be remidied by the contractor). Plus, we don't have much oil, and can't fill the tank until the contractor is done with the wall behind it, so would rather make sure we have warm water than heat up the house. The woodstove would get too warm, so that is out too.
Sweatshirts are the dress of the day.
Two days ago, I tried to comment. This time, it wasn't TypePad that stymied me but my computer. You may recall that I dismantled the cute little devil (CLD) at least three times trying to fix an intermittent, sudden loss of power that happened from day five or six following delivery of the CLD. The company refused to send me a new wiring assembly that I thought might fix the problem. Eventually, I sent the computer to them and they replaced the power supply.
The first day that I used the computer after the power supply replacement, it dropped power (again!) so the computer was sent back to be worked on, again. That time they replaced the motherboard. They had me fooled into thinking that they might actually have fixed the problem since it was seven+ months later until it dropped power, yesterday. Now, their story is that the computer is out of warranty and the "fix" was only warranted for six months. But, they would give me a really good deal on another new computer (not a cute little one, but the full-sized version).
At the price they gave me, I caved. Now, the next time the CLD drops power, I'll take it down to the Ribbit Computer guys and see if they can replace the wiring assembly that I think needs replacing (for a reasonable amount of money). If they can do that, HH may end up with the newer machine. I really do like the CLD - when it's working!
Posted by: Cop Car | October 13, 2010 at 07:43 PM
Well...now to my comment. It is well that you and your WS are hardy enough to be able to make do without the space heating in order to have hot water. Smart folks! I know you are looking forward to having a well-insulated house.
Posted by: Cop Car | October 13, 2010 at 07:45 PM
Hi,
Got the same scenario with yours, my laptop which is actually a compaq lost its power supply , sop, i have it fix with a comp.shop, to my surprise they returned it 3 days after and telling me it can't be fix, and giving me an offer of 10% less if I buy a new one..oh life
Posted by: Spanish Translator | October 14, 2010 at 02:31 AM
We caved in and started the heater for the upstairs. It doesn't run much so we should be okay on oil until the siding is done (next week they should start).
Posted by: bogie | October 14, 2010 at 03:59 AM