PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

But considering I know able-bodied women in their 20s who don't drive at all, I'd say Laura's a pretty amazing woman...

 

@Plain Jane Taco

Oh, and Bill...?

You wouldn't happen to have any pictures of the Tappan heat pump that got replaced, would you? I'd be curious to see what that unit looks like...

 

I do a verbal countdown and do my best to ignore a meltdown.

 

We do ignore the meltdowns when we can but a lot of the time it’s when we’ve got to be somewhere by a certain time and even after anticipating him giving trouble and starting out early that it gets difficult. Or when trying to get him to bed by a decent time.

 

I don't think so. If I happen to find one I'll throw it up

 

Have you ever had a house with gas or oil heat?

 

My house has gas heat

 

Is gas cheaper in Texas?

 

Yes....our 1st house in 1994 had gas heat. Next 2 houses were all electric.

Here's a pic of my next door neighbor's heat pumps. 12+ year old Tappan units. 2 ton on the left, 1.5 ton on the right.

I had two 1.5 ton units. They looked exactly like 1.5 you see in the pic

 

Yup, that's a NORDYNE product alright...

They seem to be holding up quite well, though why don't they have them on risers?

 

These heat pumps are on risers...

 

Yes...my current ones are too

 

Also, you probably noticed that the fan grates are pretty rusted on your neighbor's units...

I guarantee you won't find a similar Tappan/NORDYNE straight-cool unit with that much rust...

When heat pumps have a lot of ice/frost built up on the coils, they defrost and produce a lot of steam!

 

I often use the countdown method with my kids. (both are aspies, btw) I'll interrupt what they are doing to give them a 15 minute warning that we are going to do whater. Then a 5 minute warning, etc. Sometimes that can cause some additional stress, but has been pretty effective for me. ymmv

 

You said you're an aspie...

If I have kids, is there any chance of them not being aspies?

 

Yes...they go into defrost mode quite a lot.

When I Googled "12 year old Tappan heat pumps" I saw a Westinghouse unit that is a carbon copy of my old Tappan units. Must be in the same Nordyne family.

 

Yup!

NORDYNE has put the following brand names on identical products...

AirTemp
Broan
Frigidaire
Gibson
Intertherm
Kelvinator
Maytag
Miller
NuTone
Westinghouse

 

The fact that you know all this is interesting. Have you ever been caught rubbing one out on someone's HVAC unit?

 

Nope, only filming and/or photographing them...



Why do you think I'm going into HVAC for a career?

FYI, HVAC isn't my only "thing"...

I can also quote you the specific horsepower figures for every Chevy truck made from about 1987 until the late 1990s!