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Tooljunkie said:
Parked truck too far away from house. Cord wont reach. If it dont start, then i will take wifes car. It will start.
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toolmanmike said:
Too cold in Texas and their systems weren't designed and built for subzero temps. Stuff is freezing up. Just like most of the new construction having all electric heat. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
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I was talking to my cousin in Texas (her brother is the one that died), in addition to dealing with her brother dieing, her power went out and even before it did, the heat pumps they use down there could not keep up...

My dad tried heat pumps in this house back in the 80's when he switched it over from electric, and ended up replacing them with regular furnaces because they can't handle the cold weather of winter...
 
halifaxhops said:
We made some real German Potato salad the other day like they do in NY. Man it came out good and easy to do in about a half hour.
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Where in Germany did the potatoes come from???

You can't make German potato salad without German potatoes...
 
krazykuda said:
I was talking to my cousin in Texas (her brother is the one that died), in addition to dealing with her brother dieing, her power went out and even before it did, the heat pumps they use down there could not keep up...

My dad tried heat pumps in this house back in the 80's when he switched it over from electric, and ended up replacing them with regular furnaces because they can't handle the cold weather of winter...
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Neighbor has a heat pump. It's good till late September early October depending on the temp. It's a pretty big house. I think it has a natural gas furnace. Our fin tube baseboards and a few cast iron radiators work down to the single digits and then the blower part of the system kicks in. It get's it's heat from the same boiler through a big radiator/coil and a huge squirrel cage fan. That fan is also part of the central a/c with 2 flat condensers in the air handler.
 
krazykuda said:
I was talking to my cousin in Texas (her brother is the one that died), in addition to dealing with her brother dieing, her power went out and even before it did, the heat pumps they use down there could not keep up...

My dad tried heat pumps in this house back in the 80's when he switched it over from electric, and ended up replacing them with regular furnaces because they can't handle the cold weather of winter...
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Mine works great. But below 25F it switches to the oil burner.
 
zkx14 said:
Mine works great. But below 25F it switches to the oil burner.
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My house in Memphis has 2 dual fuel heat pump/furnaces, one for downstairs and one for upstairs. The heat pumps run down to 40* and below that it switches to natural gas for heat. It’s a very efficient system for that environment where electric is cheaper than gas. Thank the TVA and their hydroelectric generation for the cheaper electric cost.
 
I had a fun-filled morning. My wife went to the grocery store at 7 am to do the weekly shopping early in the day to beat the crowds. When she came out...dead battery.

So I trudged over to the store to jump the car. I keep telling her that she’s not running the car enough and draining the battery. In the cold this morning, she started it and ran the 10 mins to the store and shut it down giving it no time to charge up. Do that a few times and let it sit for days in-between and the battery slowly drains to lower and lower levels.

I got it Home and let it run for an hour in the driveway and shut it off. I checked it 2 hours later and the battery was at 12.7 volts. Battery is fine, just not getting charged enough.

I made her take my daughter on a 2 hour errand trip this afternoon without turning the car off for the entire time. Maybe she will finally listen to me...yeah...maybe.
 
zkx14 said:
Mine works great. But below 25F it switches to the oil burner.
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I do like oil heat. Lots of moisture. My system is just hot air and without a humidifier or two it get's damn dry. Down to 10% often. Shuffle your feet across the carpet and spark a 1/2" long blue spark onto the light switch plate screws. LOL
 
Ddaddy said:
I had a fun-filled morning. My wife went to the grocery store at 7 am to do the weekly shopping early in the day to beat the crowds. When she came out...dead battery.

So I trudged over to the store to jump the car. I keep telling her that she’s not running the car enough and draining the battery. In the cold this morning, she started it and ran the 10 mins to the store and shut it down giving it no time to charge up. Do that a few times and let it sit for days in-between and the battery slowly drains to lower and lower levels.

I got it Home and let it run for an hour in the driveway and shut it off. I checked it 2 hours later and the battery was at 12.7 volts. Battery is fine, just not getting charged enough.

I made her take my daughter on a 2 hour errand trip this afternoon without turning the car off for the entire time. Maybe she will finally listen to me...yeah...maybe.
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That can do it. Throw a charger on it. Speaking of which, as soon as it warms up a bit I need to get over to the storage garage and see how the batteries are on my 2 old Mopars.
 
Voltage should of been at least 14. Sounds like a bad battery or not charging properly. I’m not driving my cars very much. Don’t have this issue. Cold *** weather can really do a number on batteries.
 
toolmanmike said:
I do like oil heat. Lots of moisture. My system is just hot air and without a humidifier or two it get's damn dry. Down to 10% often. Shuffle your feet across the carpet and spark a 1/2" long blue spark onto the light switch plate screws. LOL
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I’m not sure I understand that. All forced hot air systems create the same dry air regardless of fuel type. The burner is separated from the heat exchanger that the recirculated air moves through so fuel type is irrelevant.

Maybe you meant a different type of system than forced hot air?
 
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TexasDart said:
Voltage should of been at least 14. Sounds like a bad battery or not charging properly. I’m not driving my cars very much. Don’t have this issue. Cold *** weather can really do a number on batteries.
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Battery voltage should be over 12.5. 13.5-14.5 when running is alternator output.
 
Ddaddy said:
I had a fun-filled morning. My wife went to the grocery store at 7 am to do the weekly shopping early in the day to beat the crowds. When she came out...dead battery.

So I trudged over to the store to jump the car. I keep telling her that she’s not running the car enough and draining the battery. In the cold this morning, she started it and ran the 10 mins to the store and shut it down giving it no time to charge up. Do that a few times and let it sit for days in-between and the battery slowly drains to lower and lower levels.

I got it Home and let it run for an hour in the driveway and shut it off. I checked it 2 hours later and the battery was at 12.7 volts. Battery is fine, just not getting charged enough.

I made her take my daughter on a 2 hour errand trip this afternoon without turning the car off for the entire time. Maybe she will finally listen to me...yeah...maybe.
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Store sold 200 batteries this past week. I bet 1/2 of them were still decent. Just went dead from neglect.
 
Tooljunkie said:
Store sold 200 batteries this past week. I bet 1/2 of them were still decent. Just went dead from neglect.
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Yep, and modern cars are electricity hogs. Heated seats, power windows, power seats, high amp sound systems, etc. People don’t realize that most of the alternator output will be diverted to powering those things instead of charging the battery and the vehicle needs to run longer to charge the battery when they are being used. My wife is a perfect example of that.

15 minutes run time...seat heaters on, headlights on, stereo blasting and using the power lift gate and side doors after shutdown means the battery got nearly nothing to recharge with. Then let it sit for a few days with the IOD drain and repeat. The battery doesn’t stand a chance to maintain a charge.
 
Ddaddy said:
Yep, and modern cars are electricity hogs. Heated seats, power windows, power seats, high amp sound systems, etc. People don’t realize that most of the alternator output will be diverted to powering those things instead of charging the battery and the vehicle needs to run longer to charge the battery when they are being used. My wife is a perfect example of that.

15 minutes run time...seat heaters on, headlights on, stereo blasting and using the power lift gate and side doors after shutdown means the battery got nearly nothing to recharge with. Then let it sit for a few days with the IOD drain and repeat. The battery doesn’t stand a chance to maintain a charge.
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Hard to believe how long a factory battery can lase with all the lights and computers that stay on for so long after the engine stops. And there's always a draw to keep the radio/settings alive.
 
toolmanmike said:
Hard to believe how long a factory battery can lase with all the lights and computers that stay on for so long after the engine stops. And there's always a draw to keep the radio/settings alive.
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Yep. I’m amazed my batteries in the SRT and 300C last as long as they do...4-6 years on average.

But my wife has killed the one in her Grand Grand Caravan every 30-36 months like clockwork since she got it back in 2004. Go figure.
 
Ddaddy said:
Yep. I’m amazed my batteries in the SRT and 300C last as long as they do...4-6 years on average.

But my wife has killed the one in her Grand Grand Caravan every 30-36 months like clockwork since she got it back in 2004. Go figure.
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My truck still have original batteries. 2. 66k miles. 2017 truck
 
Ddaddy said:
I’m not sure I understand that. All forced hot air systems create the same dry air regardless of fuel type. The burner is separated from the heat exchanger that the recirculated air moves through so fuel type is irrelevant.

Maybe you meant a different type of system than forced hot air?
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Was thinking same...
My heat pump is forced air and has a whole house humidifier on it.
Oil is hot water baseboard. None of that water is released to increase humidity. So if oil heat is on its very dry and with heat pump its not.
 
I asked sales person at Batteries + why replacement batteries don’t last as long as factory installed ones. He said when a vehicle is new things work easier and takes less battery energy.
 
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