by Tdarcos » Fri Jan 24, 2020 9:27 am
Jizaboz wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:45 pm
Ah you actually have floor heat vents! I've got baseboard electric heaters and ancient AC only central air that blows cold air down from the ceiling.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but since heat rises and cold falls, Iwould think this would be more efficient, as the cold air would cool the hottest part of the room first, and the hot air would heat the coldest part.
AArdvark wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2020 5:49 amThere were three or four must-haves when we were house shopping: gas heat, central air, no stairs ( or very few), two car garage, quiet crime free area. Everything else is a bonus.
If you think that's much of a requirement, back in the '70s and '80s, there were three local phone companies in Southern California. First was Pacific Telephone, the local Bell company; second was General Telephone of Califonia, an independent telephone company and part of GTE the largest non-bell telephone company in the country; and Continental Telephone, who covered small rural areas.
General Telephone covered some smaller cities like Long Beach and Santa Monica; Pacific had most of the larger ones like LA and San Diego. General Telephone wasn't a very good company. The California Public Utilities Commission once referred to General Telephone as "the worst telephone company in America, bar none." The company was aware of its (bad) reputation; if you go on YouTube and search for General Telephone commercial, you'll find one apparently from the '80s or '80s where a man in a suit says he's from General Telephone, whereupon the off-screen auudience boos, and pelts him with raw eggs and other things, as he explains the company is spending millions to upgrade its equipment.
Back then, real estate agents in Southern California routinely got this demand from home buyers ahead of everything else: "Don't show us any homes in GTE territory." Even Watts or Compton were better choices, as they were served by Pacific Telephone.
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Ah you actually have floor heat vents! I've got baseboard electric heaters and ancient AC only central air that blows cold air down from the ceiling.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but since heat rises and cold falls, Iwould think this would be more efficient, as the cold air would cool the hottest part of the room first, and the hot air would heat the coldest part.
[quote=AArdvark post_id=105721 time=1579438194 user_id=20]There were three or four must-haves when we were house shopping: gas heat, central air, no stairs ( or very few), two car garage, quiet crime free area. Everything else is a bonus.[/quote]
If you think that's much of a requirement, back in the '70s and '80s, there were three local phone companies in Southern California. First was Pacific Telephone, the local Bell company; second was General Telephone of Califonia, an independent telephone company and part of GTE the largest non-bell telephone company in the country; and Continental Telephone, who covered small rural areas.
General Telephone covered some smaller cities like Long Beach and Santa Monica; Pacific had most of the larger ones like LA and San Diego. General Telephone wasn't a very good company. The California Public Utilities Commission once referred to General Telephone as "the worst telephone company in America, bar none." The company was aware of its (bad) reputation; if you go on YouTube and search for General Telephone commercial, you'll find one apparently from the '80s or '80s where a man in a suit says he's from General Telephone, whereupon the off-screen auudience boos, and pelts him with raw eggs and other things, as he explains the company is spending millions to upgrade its equipment.
Back then, real estate agents in Southern California routinely got this demand from home buyers ahead of everything else: "Don't show us any homes in GTE territory." Even Watts or Compton were better choices, as they were served by Pacific Telephone.