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[JoyFilled Warrior]

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@PickyPicky3 wrote:

My really old heat pump did not switched to emergency heat once during the weekend with lows around 10 degrees. I find myself thinking about why Hanukkah is celebrated.

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@PickyPicky3  

heh.  Not enough "oil" for several days?   

(Apologize.   I know it's not funny, but you obviously have a keen sense of humor)

I decided to indulge in a nice warm bowl of "stick to your ribs," soup.  And if I could find my packed away Bread Maker, I'd add some homemade bread to it too.

And thank goodness for an assorted collection of Comfy's & HSN Angel Wraps, cause I'm really using them.

And when I venture outside to toss rubbish, & come inside, yeah.. 63 feels warm & cozy inside, at least for a little while.

Then, I dont have to venture to work, thank goodness, so maybe curling up under layers of blankets, for a nap, might be in my future!

[Spurt]

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@gellen wrote:
Hoping it is just a thermostat issue and not needing a replacement! 🤪

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@gellen @JoyFilled Warrior 

I had a similar situation electric heating system and a technician came out---- it was a small part that needed to be replaced....it was fixed in about 15 minutes....Here's hoping your repair is just as easy and quick 

[Tuffcookie]

I had the same problem, the morning of Christmas Eve!  I frantically called around to get a service call in.  Thankfully, I found a place open and they added me to the list.  He showed up, approximately 5 hours later.  He checked my furnace out and then went outside, where the vent was located.  The vent got clogged with snow and ice.  Once he cleaned that out, we had heat again! 

[Carmie]

We have a heat pump.  There is no problem heating our home.  At night we have to turn it down because the bedrooms upstairs get so hot you can't breath.

The first floor where the thermostat is ...is chillier and the heat is on almost constantly.

Next week it is supposed to be in the mid to upper 50's.  It is around 20 degrees now.

How I long for an earlier spring.  Bring it on.

[Zhills]

My HVAC guy told me to always be sure there is at least 5 degrees between the heat setting and the SC setting.  I always put my AC at 80 before I turn on my heat.  

Don't understand why, but I haven't had a problem.  

Hopefully warmer weather is on it's way!  80s by Friday!

[bmorechick]

It's freezing here in SE MD with a high of 33 today...we have two heat pumps. One is about 8 years old and then we have the original one for downstairs that's 22 years old and I'm keeping my fingers crossed until this cold snap exits.  I have been running one of those portable oil heaters downstairs all night (middle of room away from everything) with the ceiling fan on low to push heat around.  It's fine upstairs, nice and toasty but it's chilly at night downstairs when it drops to 14 degrees but I don't want to stress the old heat pump.  The supplemental heater is really helping to keep the freeze off.  The old heat pump is set to 68 and I haven't touched it. 

[Jesse Ann]

You might have to set your thermostat on EMERGENCY HEAT SETTING, if you have that setting. A heat pump would have EXTRA Heat Strips that come on after it is below 40 degrees (or whatever your HVAC guy set it up for). I have an oil furnace/boiler that comes on automatically when outside temperatures reach 40 degrees and below which shuts the Heat Pump off. MY EXTRA HEAT PUMP STRIPS WERE NEVER HOOKED UP BECAUSE my Oil Furnace is the Emergency heat-NOT the extra heat strips.
If setting your thermostat to Emergency Heat. Instead of the Heat option doesn’t help. You do have a service call issue. Batteries in the thermostat are still good and working if you can still use your thermostat screen.
Those batteries need to be changed at least once a year. Since forgetting to change the batteries makes them corrode inside thermostat MAKING THAT THE #1 REASON WHY PEOPLE NEED A THERMOSTAT REPLACEMENT!! FACT!!
The batteries will corrode and still be working. I learned this the hard way. SOME THERMOSTATS DO NOT HAVE BATTERIES. Always get the HVAC Tech to show YOU how to change the batteries-if you don’t already know how. Saves a lot of money to do it yourself.
Just pull the thermostat cover literally straight off of its wall held bracket-it will feel like you are about to break it. Replace batteries..And pop cover straight back onto wall mounted thermostat bracket.
Also, I know AC units are supposed to cool like 10-15 degrees lower than outside temps. Otherwise, your AC HVAC unit is working too hard.
Maybe it’s just too cold outside? Hope everyone can stay warm💖

[lovescats]

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@gellen wrote:
Hoping it is just a thermostat issue and not needing a replacement! 🤪

I haven't read all the posts but yesterday on sunday it was frigid here and I don't the gas company had enough gas in the lines.  in the morning it was from 59 to 62   then in the afternoon started to go back up to 70

this happened to me one other time before covid and it was below zero 

I think it is a supply issue 

and if the gas company tells people it would just make everything worse   what would be the point of me setting the thermostat to 78 instead of 70

[hckynutjohn]

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@gellen wrote:
Hoping it is just a thermostat issue and not needing a replacement! 🤪

@gellen 

For your sake I hope so too. For me! 64° would be just fine right now. Got mine set a 62°, will turn it down to 58°, at lights out! It is our patio room HVAC and 58° is as low as it will go. And I am not going to shut it off.   Brrrrrrrr

hckynut 🇺🇸

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[CalminHeart]

I keep my thermostat at 66 during winter days and 61 at night, even when temps are way below zero and wind chill was -50 last week and during blizzards. 

I have a thick sherpa lined sweatshirt to wear as a robe or during the day. I wear Ugg ultra minis as slippers. If I get chilly when sitting, I can add a throw blanket.