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- lowfog01
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I woke up to this and a Winter Weather Advisory for tomorrow. Starting sometime tonight we can expect 2-4 inches of snow and temperatures dropping to 10* or below. I'm remind of the old Sailors chant, Red sky in morning, sailor take warning, Red sky at night, Sailor delight. 2 to 4 inches may not seem like much but around here it will mess everything up. Take care, Lisa
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- CoalHeat
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Same reddish sky around here, Lisa.
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Did not see it, Pennsylvania GREY
Just like in Freetown, the sky is always blue in my world with rainbows and unicorns in abundance.......
Except for that large dark cloud that always seems to be on the horizon.....and those pesky black helicopters keep buzzing the house that only go away when the locust cloud gets too thick.
Except for that large dark cloud that always seems to be on the horizon.....and those pesky black helicopters keep buzzing the house that only go away when the locust cloud gets too thick.
- Flyer5
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Sorry Kevin,KLook wrote:I have that last bit of coffee. Dang its strong after laying there all day! Feel like I need something though. I wish you guys would stop sending the cold fronts this far south as I am experiencing a coastal Maine winter here with higher daytime temps. Going to be below freezing for the next week at least, at night of course. I am just amazed at the lack of knowledge about winterizing (or summerizing) a structure here. The electric bills are a topic on the evening news. It is that same thing keeping heat in as keeping heat out! But they build them like garages in the north and then complain. The fact that power is so cheap here is the culprit I believe. Georgia has a test on all new construction now, but a guy that conducts the test told me you could pass with a 2x2 window open! Code enforcement in Tenn. is non existent as far as I can tell.
Hey Greg! Just lay on the horn when you go by the East Brainerd exit, I'll wave.
Kevin
We are trying to expand our market. Next year we will be pushing for ice in Key west.
Dave
- Flyer5
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I am always late to these. I start reading get sidetracked and coffee gets cold. I spent my free time the past few weekends upgrading my jet ski that I probably wont have time for again this year. I bought a used Sea Doo RXP for a good price stock top speed of about 70mph. They are no different than the car companies of today. They are known for exhaust valves snapping, supercharger bearings failing and a few other things. So I replaced all the valves and rebuilt the supercharger. Finally last night I got to hear it run again. Sounded good but till we get some softer water around here it will be a while before any testing is done.
Hey Cap, I hope ya feel better soon. Sounds like you were lucky. I know I have used up 7 or 8 of my 9 lives, and because I cant remember if it is 7 or 8. I am a lot more cautious anymore. Sounds like you had at least one left as well. Glad you are safe it could have been worse. Gives us all something to think about.
Oh yea nice job there Freddy. You are a talented man.
Hey Cap, I hope ya feel better soon. Sounds like you were lucky. I know I have used up 7 or 8 of my 9 lives, and because I cant remember if it is 7 or 8. I am a lot more cautious anymore. Sounds like you had at least one left as well. Glad you are safe it could have been worse. Gives us all something to think about.
Oh yea nice job there Freddy. You are a talented man.
- Freddy
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Alighty! My electrician came over today & we got the generator interface installed and gave the system an actual test. The interlock works perfectly. The generator easily handled the swap over & all is good. We let the house run on generator for 15 or 20 minutes....long enough to verify that everything works. There! Now we will never lose power again.
I made a 45 foot extension cord so the generator will be a good long way from the house.... it'll be out of sight, almost out of hearing range, and no fear of CO. Perfect!
I made a 45 foot extension cord so the generator will be a good long way from the house.... it'll be out of sight, almost out of hearing range, and no fear of CO. Perfect!
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NICE Freddy:)
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Ahh that's your problem Flyer - It's a FOUR stroke! Baah!Flyer5 wrote:................ I bought a used Sea Doo RXP ......... They are no different than the car companies of today. They are known for exhaust valves snapping, supercharger bearings failing ...........
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You know, I would like to have a little boiler, just like my VF3000, but about 60,000 BTU's. Maybe shrink your LL110 down and market them here. Everyone uses forced air so an air/water exchange would be necessary. But Propane is ungodly expensive and I am sure NG is not far behind. Electricity is the champ here.Sorry Kevin,
We are trying to expand our market. Next year we will be pushing for ice in Key west.
Lots of water capacity would not be necessary so more like your 110, Maybe I should do a business plan for this area.....
Kevin
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Hmmmmm.
Coal, 50 lb. bags. $375/ton 15.62/Mill btu
Electric at about .85/Kwh 24.91/Mill btu
NG at $11 pr 1000CF 13.34/mill btu
Coal is still not looking to bad even here in Chattanooga!
Kevin
Coal, 50 lb. bags. $375/ton 15.62/Mill btu
Electric at about .85/Kwh 24.91/Mill btu
NG at $11 pr 1000CF 13.34/mill btu
Coal is still not looking to bad even here in Chattanooga!
Kevin
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My 99XPL 2 stroke is not much better. But if you want fast I guess reliability will suffer.SMITTY wrote:Ahh that's your problem Flyer - It's a FOUR stroke! Baah!Flyer5 wrote:................ I bought a used Sea Doo RXP ......... They are no different than the car companies of today. They are known for exhaust valves snapping, supercharger bearings failing ...........
- SMITTY
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Not necessarily ...... there's no replacement for displacement! You could put a big triple or 4-cylinder (Old Kawi) snowmobile engine in there with a stroker kit and a port job to match the RPM range - that thing would be a TORPEDO!
Depending on your wallet, you can build those engines close to 200HP! That would be FUN! But yeah when you go that crazy, that's when things break in spectacular fashion with shrapnel and fire. And to think your sitting on top of the engine ..... could be harmful to the family jewels!
Depending on your wallet, you can build those engines close to 200HP! That would be FUN! But yeah when you go that crazy, that's when things break in spectacular fashion with shrapnel and fire. And to think your sitting on top of the engine ..... could be harmful to the family jewels!
- lowfog01
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Holy Moly we are out of school again today! I'm so bored I may have to resort to cleaning the house. They are telling us that it's because the rural areas of the county are still impassable but really.... At this point I fully expect to be out again tomorrow; they will say that it will be too expensive to heat the building for just one day. We ran out of weather closure days 2 days ago and it's still only January. Any more closures will have to be made up either from the Spring Break or the end of the year. Bummer, we already get out in late June (we have to start after Labor Day by law.) Stay warm, Lisa
Two hour delay up here today. I have to laugh because it is the same temp this morning as a couple weeks ago when they canceled school because of the extreme cold. The only difference is a lack of built in snow days in the schedule left!
I guess the concern for the kids standing in the cold waiting for the bus has become less important. After all when you may not get some $$ from the state because the school may have less than the 180 day mandate you open the schools no matter what!
I guess the concern for the kids standing in the cold waiting for the bus has become less important. After all when you may not get some $$ from the state because the school may have less than the 180 day mandate you open the schools no matter what!