The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) X

kenchan

its like all the bs holidays they come up with throughout the year for no reason.

JARblue

February 2014 Holidays, Bizarre, Unique, and Special Days

Today is Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day, Make A Friend Day, and White T-Shirt Day.

Thursday is Get A Different Name Day.

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kenchan

yah, our house is like that too and i took a good week or two to mechanically set the vent registers in each of the rooms, and was able to get it pretty balanced. i also found that if you jam a screw into the register's pivot you can make them lock in place.

i dont know in texas do you still have the registers on the ceiling? in my area we have the registers on the floors, so each frikken time i vac'ed over the registers the vent setting would all get messed up. with my little screw trick, no more issue with vents moving.

i also adjust the intake vents using magnetic vent covers or even just a slip of papertowel taped. works great.

JARblue

Nest is Wi-Fi (so IP, I guess?)

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kenchan

cool yah, ip. i should look into that. my current pre-wifi programmable thermostat has problems with swing anyway.

its too sensitive where it's located on the wall. ive even added a box over the thermostat to isolate it a little and to give some air insulation to keep it from over reacting.

i should just swap out the whole thing.

JARblue

Our old thermostat couldn't even program a separate weekend schedule

The Nest is nice, but it doesn't solve the underlying problem of a poorly designed system. We have a two story house but the stairs are open to the living room. The upstairs is generally scalding and the downstairs is typically freezing

I'm not sure we plan to live there long enough to justify ripping it out for a whole new dual zone system with separate upstairs and downstairs supply. I am, however, beginning to consider putting some dampers in the existing ducts to better control the airflow. The poor access to the ducts will probably make that an expensive endeavor, unfortunately.

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jlo370z

Honeywell makes one similar to Nest that is half the price, that does not learn, but can be set to certain parameters. we have it in our shop and is great for raising the heat before we get there.

for television and lighting I recommend getting a logitec remote and ir switches for a cheap way of controlling your lighting.

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kenchan

yah, i think ive seen that. been looking around for thermostats.

i have a very old 4 channel wireless switch in my garage that controls 3 lights and my fan mounted up high on the wall.

come to think of it, ive not changed the lithium battery on that thing even once... it's at least 10yrs old.

kenchan

why is my electronics in my garage so damn old...

kenchan

i should get a needle in there and listen to LP's.... like a time machine in there...

eastwest2300

I'd tell you if you're looking for a new notebook, take a look at the macbook air, i have one, and fricken love it!

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kenchan

yah, my next computer is definitely going to be a mac again. that lenovo i got is such a pos. i am

i wanted to get a pc this time since my wife's network is all pc based and it's just more convenient to have at least one pc machine in my room. but should've just gotten a thinkpad instead of that ideapad halfarsed bs.

eastwest2300

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jlo370z

I miss my mac book, but I'm typing this on my iMac so things aren't that bad LOL

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eastwest2300

the iMac is pimp!

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