Ginx snewx Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 5 minutes ago, dendrite said: Seems like you're really afraid to let high dews into your house. I love my new roll up units, one upstairs, one down, plug and play. They rest in the closet, yesterday it was friggin cold in the house, windows closed. Haven't come close to thinking about a roll out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 5 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: I love my new roll up units, one upstairs, one down, plug and play. They rest in the closet, yesterday it was friggin cold in the house, windows closed. Haven't come close to thinking about a roll out. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 4.82 rain May . Total for the year 28.82 which slightly below the 29.1 same period last year. That is about 135% of normal. Overall wet and chilly May with some real stellar days in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 15 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: I love my new roll up units, one upstairs, one down, plug and play. They rest in the closet, yesterday it was friggin cold in the house, windows closed. Haven't come close to thinking about a roll out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Just now, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Makes it taste like crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Nice one on tap today, as promised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Just now, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Nice one on tap today, as promised. Froggy right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Just now, Ginx snewx said: Makes it taste like crap Yea I much prefer edibles and vaping. Been many years since I lit something up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 1 hour ago, BrianW said: Window ac's are a joke with efficiency. The average seer rating is like 8 or something. Some mini splits have seer ratings of like 40. Take a look at what we are paying for electricity in New England. MA is approaching almost 25 cents a kwh. Any energy efficient appliance has a huge quick payback here. https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_5_6_a why is Maine so cheap? Hydropower facilities within the state and close to HydroQuebec? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Just now, Ginx snewx said: Froggy right now the fog was crazy in West Hartford and Rt 9 into New Britain. Couldn't even see more than 50 feet at a couple points. Thank god it thinned going through New Britain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Just now, Ginx snewx said: Froggy right now Upper 70s with a NW wind. Let’s do this all summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Just now, weatherwiz said: the fog was crazy in West Hartford and Rt 9 into New Britain. Couldn't even see more than 50 feet at a couple points. Thank god it thinned going through New Britain Hopefully you had your hazards on while driving in the shoulder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 2 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Yea I much prefer edibles and vaping. Been many years since I lit something up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Upper 70s with a NW wind. Let’s do this all summer. Kevs favorite channel had highs in the 70s all 10 days, thats sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 6 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Hopefully you had your hazards on while driving in the shoulder. I did 73 instead around 78. Favorite part is once I get onto 91 around exit 10 (or just off the Berlin turnpike) I do about 80-85 clear sailing to 95. Only downside is about that early in the morning is there are too many trucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 You know it's summer when the main topics are drug ingestion and a/c install s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianW Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 27 minutes ago, Whineminster said: why is Maine so cheap? Hydropower facilities within the state and close to HydroQuebec? Almost all their power is hydroelectric and wood biomass. Washington state has the 2nd cheapest electric rates on that chart because they use almost 100 percent hydro. I know someone in the power industry and its just going to get worse in New England. We are switching over to natural gas plants here with not enought pipeline capacity to bring the gas in. New pipelines aren't happening anytime soon as the permits, right of ways, would take years with all the people fighting them. Natural gas for heating is also getting more expensive. I dont think people realize that on hot high demand days all over New England they fire up oil power plants. They sit idle 99 percent of the year and when they turn them on the power cost 10-15 times more. Same thing happens on record cold days as the gas is diverted for heating from power plants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 30 minutes ago, Dr. Dews said: You know it's summer when the main topics are drug ingestion and a/c install s Eh it's your first summer on the forum. You'll learn newbie . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: Eh it's your first summer on the forum. You'll learn newbie . it's a learning experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan76 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 2 hours ago, BrianW said: Almost all their power is hydroelectric and wood biomass. Washington state has the 2nd cheapest electric rates on that chart because they use almost 100 percent hydro. I know someone in the power industry and its just going to get worse in New England. We are switching over to natural gas plants here with not enought pipeline capacity to bring the gas in. New pipelines aren't happening anytime soon as the permits, right of ways, would take years with all the people fighting them. Natural gas for heating is also getting more expensive. I dont think people realize that on hot high demand days all over New England they fire up oil power plants. They sit idle 99 percent of the year and when they turn them on the power cost 10-15 times more. Same thing happens on record cold days as the gas is diverted for heating from power plants. Same down here. When it's very cold for an extended period of time all large buildings that use nat gas have to switch to oil not enough to go around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 4 hours ago, ApacheTrout said: And then the rest of the day is ruined, they kick their dogs, yell at old ladies walking on the sidewalk, and knock things off the shelves at the grocery store. My goodness, the adversity one faces in life when faced with HHH. When i get done installing on a hot day i just holler at the kids in the neighborhood to get off the lawn or run a key down the sides of parked cars which usually happens after i slashed their tires. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Not to hijack this thread but May is about over. Speaking of electricity. I pay 14.7 cents Kwh. I have a Prius plug hybrid. First 25 miles pure electric and then the hybrid engine. Just drove from my house up to Plymouth center NH and back. 25 miles and that uses up a battery worth of electric. Takes 6 Kwh to recharge. So that is .88 cents of electricity. What does the average car get 25miles per gallon, maybe 35? That would have cost me $2.79. Most of my driving is within 25 miles a day but even once I use up the all-electric still getting well over 50mpg. Love this car (except it's front wheel drive and has a low base) and in NNE that is a no go you need a truck or at least all wheel drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said: Not to hijack this thread but May is about over. Speaking of electricity. I pay 14.7 cents Kwh. I have a Prius plug hybrid. First 25 miles pure electric and then the hybrid engine. Just drove from my house up to Plymouth center NH and back. 25 miles and that uses up a battery worth of electric. Takes 6 Kwh to recharge. So that is .88 cents of electricity. What does the average car get 25miles per gallon, maybe 35? That would have cost me $2.79. Most of my driving is within 25 miles a day but even once I use up the all-electric still getting well over 50mpg. Love this car (except it's front wheel drive and has a low base) and in NNE that is a no go you need a truck or at least all wheel drive. I'm thinking about that option with my next car. I average between 30-35 MPG which is HUGE considering how much I drive...I do about 90 miles per day and sometimes that is even closer to 150-170. I'm also racking up mileage like it's nothing :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bostonseminole Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Lol. Installs are easy costs nothing and energy efficient AC’s don’t use that much more electricity to cool a hot room down. I guess if you are fat or a weakling it can be difficult picking up a 12k btu unit so I highly recommend strength training and tossing the jogging.Yeah not sure what AC people are installing but it's not a big deal.Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Not sure how much at home but over 4”. Between 4 and maybe 4.5” for month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Looks like just over 4” or so based on nearby stations. It’s not extreme, but it was literally every other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 4 hours ago, Ginx snewx said: 4.82 precip -1.5 BN Just checked our temps at the local ASOS... Morrisville-Stowe was -2.8 Montpelier was -3.0 Even torching Burlington was -1.3...which is an icebox for BTV. Those were all colder than I would've guessed...-3 for May in the interior VT ASOS spots is fairly impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Very smoky at mid levels over C/NNE right now. Looks like it is coming from Alberta. SNE is much less smoky. Sun is dimly visible up here although surface vis. is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 26 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Just checked our temps at the local ASOS... Morrisville-Stowe was -2.8 Montpelier was -3.0 Even torching Burlington was -1.3...which is an icebox for BTV. Those were all colder than I would've guessed...-3 for May in the interior VT ASOS spots is fairly impressive. Will finish May about 4.4° BN here, 2nd (by 1.1°) only to May 2005 and 2° cooler than #3. Unless there's areal surprise between now and 9 PM, precip will be 4.34". That's 108% of average and the year is at 111%, thanks to January's 170%. This month's RA has come in small doses; in fact, we haven't seen an event much over 1" since last December's Grinch storm. Today looks to make 2 w/o precip for the first time in 2.5 weeks. If we can squeak out tomorrow as well, would be the first three-peat since the 2nd week of April. No deluges, just frequent watering. Love this car (except it's front wheel drive and has a low base) and in NNE that is a no go you need a truck or at least all wheel drive. Drove a state Prius frequently some years back and it was nice seeing 45-55 mpg. However, our dead-end road and its plow times mitigate against owning one. Also, I'm getting to the stage where I'd need an elevator to get out of such a low seat and my wife (with 2 artificial knees) is way ahead of me. Our 2017 Forester and 2011 Ranger are each at a nice height for getting in and out. They each get about 28 mpg, not earthshaking but the little Ford-plus pickups were always at the top of the EPA mileage chart for non-hybrid PUs. (I was sad when Ford shuttered the Ranger line - been driving Rangers/Mazdas for 25 years - and was briefly elated to hear of its resurrection. Then I saw that the new model followed Tacoma in being halfway between the old compact and a standard-size pickup.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone-68 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Only 334 more days till May 1st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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