Recent content by yeldogt

It's not really advisable to dump unconditioned air into the return of your HVAC system as in the diagram you posted -- that's why having a system that uses a dehumidifier to inject the makeup into the supply is often shown. The issue is still the same -- systems fighting each other.

Just mount one of these on the side of the house

This is true in most areas. I'm always very carefull when doing my projects .....

The OP's original question seems to indicate some misunderstanding of load and capacity .... if you walk out in your cold garage and light a candle ....... how long will you have wait for the garage to warm up? Now we know that the garage is never going to warm up. What if you light two...

I have overpaid for a house I wanted and for a location I wanted .... life is short and you never know. It all depends on if you can afford it ..... time is also on your side. The longer you hold it the better ... I have never lost money. Maximizing on a given property is hard to judge...

People are forgetting that the rental properties are not costing the value of the house ... when I bought my Philly row homes for 50k they did not cost me 50k. I could not sell them and pocket 50k to put it into the stock market or other investment. On average I put 10k into them ... most had...

I was going to do a home run in my latest project but the place was too complex and the manifold would not fit. The home run Pex with the small tubing works ..... it looks scary but even 3/8 tubing flow enough for most modern plumbing

I did not read the data sheets on the seconds set ..... did look into the other. The other uses it's own temp sensor. Where can you purchase the sensorwork? Life was easy when the bathroom had a non dimming light with a real switch ..... light on pump on. Pump goes off when temp sensor...

You want the air eliminator on the outlet of the tank with the feed to the bottom of it with the pump after .... the circulator will be on the hot side pumping towards the floor. You also want to have a valve before the air eliminator so you can close it to power flush the system of air --...

Some of the occupancy sensors have a very short on time ... they are for lights in cabinets or alarm situations. You need one that runs long enough for the pump to cycle the water. I had one in a closet and if I was standing still it woudl turn the light off

There are companies that make new frames for the old glass .... I don't think anybody makes the glass anymore. The real glass .. there are reproductions. It's like the old garage porcelain shades --- the old stuff can be worth quite a lot. I paid over 1k for 3 NOS matching a few months ago

I bought some "parts" -- all from china. Wireless and wired -- occupancy and simple contacts. I have not put anything together. The pump I have has the temp sensor. The problem is the timer -- you want something that times out ... they only have to run for a short time. Even a simple...

not a bad price on sale if it holds up and the cost with the pump is even better deal as the SS pmps are not cheap. It has to be stainless -- or should be as it it potable water

common name is .... Holophane. it's a prismatic glass that allows for full use of the lumens w/o glare. ------- many varities. Some had a bulb cage --- glass or metal. others had a glass plate that filled the bottom. they work well in spaces with high ceilings ...... haved used them...

Paint prep depends on the condition of the walls --- if painted or not and how clean. as to paint almost any will do --- masonary paint is for moisture mostly not for adheasion. I have not had gread luck with tapcons in old school cinder block. Attachmnet depends on weight and if hollow