>>Meanwhile, what? The unit you have works intermittently? Or did it go out completely again?<<
It works at the current weather conditions, but when the temperature drops substantially, it won't be able to handle that without new parts. Fuck it, I'm pushing for replacement.
>> The furnace in this house is not original but *is* 35 years old. We didn't get our act together to get it replaced in the summer; now we're hoping it'll last the winter, <<
We have been replacing parts about every other year for the 10 or 12 years we've had the bastard. I forget how much is even what we first bought anymore. Not to mention the several occasions in which the heat or cooling was out of order for months and caused broken pipes or health problems. >_<
>> since our fallback is small electric heaters; no woodstove nor fireplace here, alas. :-( <<
That really sucks. I'm a bulldog about fault tolerance just because of all the fuckups I see. Almost nothing is actually reliable. Not much is even adequate anymore. It's like how Japan used to be famous for turning out cheap crap, that's America now.
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It works at the current weather conditions, but when the temperature drops substantially, it won't be able to handle that without new parts. Fuck it, I'm pushing for replacement.
>> The furnace in this house is not original but *is* 35 years old. We didn't get our act together to get it replaced in the summer; now we're hoping it'll last the winter, <<
We have been replacing parts about every other year for the 10 or 12 years we've had the bastard. I forget how much is even what we first bought anymore. Not to mention the several occasions in which the heat or cooling was out of order for months and caused broken pipes or health problems. >_<
>> since our fallback is small electric heaters; no woodstove nor fireplace here, alas. :-( <<
That really sucks. I'm a bulldog about fault tolerance just because of all the fuckups I see. Almost nothing is actually reliable. Not much is even adequate anymore. It's like how Japan used to be famous for turning out cheap crap, that's America now.