60+ year old thread.

Good Morning Porch Pals & Sue! Well, might as well throw our 7 day into the mix!


Off to Wing meeting at noon, then home to button up the rest of the stuff.

Nicely done!

 

Pool - take two.

An old single-speed pump costs about $1500 with installation. New VS will set me back $6000. Ouch!Pl

In 2021, Single-speed pumps were banned in favor of the Variable Speed units. Brushless motors and electronics have advantages but
increased cost. In theory, pumps should last longer (no ozone vent holes, less likely to get filled with fire ant nests).

The catch is the pool controller needs to tell the VS when it is in spa mode vs. normal filtration mode. We've had a twenty-year controller board for the pool, and Hayward obsoleted them. When the remote died, thankfully, I was able to luck out in finding the correct one (three different firmware versions, not compatible with each other, so the base and remote needed the same version, which was a significant headache for service, so they obsoleted and went with new boards with Bluetooth pairing for remote function, and can handle more gadgets). I want to turn the pump on and off!


New VS Speed pump installed.




Not so fast, as the VS speed pump needs a new control board! I have it wired for low flow, but to use
spa, I need high flow for jets (the pool heater has a flow sensor in it; too low kicks off the burner).



I want the house in tip-top shape when we sell, so I'll bite the bullet and install the new fancy stuff.

For those with pools, the VS pump is a 2021 Federal Law (it's been a California requirement for years).
My low cost (Texas Co-Op electrical at 4c/KWH) works out to a 25-year payback, but the pump and board
will need replacements long before then. Califonia, with 24c/KWH, would be a four-year payback.

You can still buy the old single-speed pumps, but they can not be commercially installed. 2021 Law affects the 2hp size I use.

https://lesliespool.com/blog/variable-speed-pool-pump-regulations-2021.html


Maybe I just need to skip the control board and buy a Dutch wood-fired hot tub!

 

Morning! Not going out today! -13 this morning with 1 the high for the day! -40 wind chill! YIKES!
Everyone stay warm during the next few days!

 

Yep........northern Utah getting dumped on

Roads closed......avalanche warnings.....

 

evening boys

Since you all were posting your weather forecasts....

10 Day Weather-Sumter, SC
As of 7:54 pm EST
Tonight
Partly Cloudy
-- / 31°
2%
WSW 4 mph
Sat 13 | Night
31°
2%
WSW
4 mph
Partly cloudy early with increasing clouds overnight. Low 31F. Winds light and variable.

Humidity
75%
UV Index
0 of 11
Moonrise
9:25 am
Waxing Crescent
Moonset
8:13 pm
Sun 14
Sunny
59° / 36°
1%
WSW 11 mph
Mon 15
Partly Cloudy
59° / 44°
3%
E 4 mph
Tue 16
Showers
58° / 30°
41%
NW 6 mph
Wed 17
Partly Cloudy
47° / 24°
0%
NNW 5 mph
Thu 18
Mostly Sunny
55° / 36°
4%
SSW 7 mph
Fri 19
Partly Cloudy
57° / 24°
24%
W 12 mph
Sat 20
Sunny
42° / 16°
3%
NW 12 mph
Sun 21
Sunny
39° / 20°
0%
N 9 mph
Mon 22
Partly Cloudy
46° / 29°
0%
ENE 7 mph
Tue 23
Mostly Cloudy
58° / 40°
10%
E 7 mph
Wed 24
Showers
64° / 50°
47%
ESE 9 mph
Thu 25
Showers
68° / 52°
58%
S 9 mph
Fri 26
Showers
67° / 47°
54%
SW 11 mph
Sat 27
Showers
62° / 39°
58%
W 10 mph

 

Good morning fellow Porchatonians!!!

 

Morning kids, O*, lake effect snow, they canceled church

 

Good morning. Brrr! May the Lord bless you with fellowship and worship at home! ​

 

Morning 60+

 

Good Morning Everyone, stay safe, warm and dry. Clilly -14 and a slight breeze 17 mph.

 

Good morning. Compared to other parts of the country we are at a balmy 28 here this morning. Going to whip up a pot of tomato soup today.

 

Home made? At church next weekend we're having a soup-er bowl fundraiser my wife volunteered us for a large crock but we're not that great for creativity on soups. She is thinking about making tortilla soup using canned soups . I would like a taco soup. If anyone a good recipe and would share it I would appreciate that. You can PM me if you don't want to have this thread go this direction.

 

This is my favorite soup. We're making it tomorrow with beef tongue instead of lamb. It's really good with turkey, too. Sounds like you like Mexican soups. I have a good one of them too.

 

Thanks @Travlr I like just about anything that doesn't have fish or sea food in it. If it swims I don't eat it. Being Catholic, Fridays consist of cheese, beans, veggies or fasting.
Last year someone brought a great bean soup. But I've never reconststuted beans/

 

Heresy!

 

Good Morning fellow freezing Porch Pals & Sue! Was 27* when I got up, now 25*. Chili in the crock pot since last night, can light the fireplace any time, and the heat pump in the sun room proves once again that it is a much better air conditioner. I'll get the little space heater in a bit.

 

I agree... heresy! I feel bad for people with food disabilities, especially if they are self inflicted. But whatcha gonna do?

 

Good day all! -7 and fine snow flurries here, but the sun is shining through! Nice!

 

Yep, self inflicted with a little help from my dear mother. She used to make lutefisk, what the hell! The house would stink for 2 days and the texture was enough to make you gag if the smell didn't.
Sorry @Travlr I haven't gotten the hang of multi quotes yet. I am a little weird though if salmon is really cooked good I'll eat that every few years and I have tried calamari a couple times. Long Horn steak house has good salmon.

 

Finished my final chemo 6 rounds regimen of alternating R-CHOP and R-DHAP Infusions, PET scan and maintenance planning discussion in 3 weeks and see what is next. waiting for my discharge.