From: Wayne Harris (papercu@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Dec 19 2004 - 14:40:20 PST
Well when it that cold you turn on the heat strips built into the system
keeps you all warm and toasty just don't go out to the meter and look at the
little wheel a'turning. Wayne
>From: "Don Hudson" <djhudson@atlantic.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] Slantback Rear Curtain Mod
>Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:23:31 -0500
>
>yes, a lot of people in the south have heat pumps but they are kind of
>useless if the outside temp is too cold to pull heat out of. :(
>
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>Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 4:52 PM
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>Subject: Re: [MV] Slantback Rear Curtain Mod
>
>
>At 2:22 PM -0500 12/19/04, Glenn Shaw wrote:
> >Hi Wayne
> >
> >And I always though that New England weather was crazy. I never think of
> >Georgia and Florida in terms of 20 degree temps. Are home heating
>systems
> >even desgined to deal with that normally down there?
>
>Depends on the house. Usually houses are built
>pretty solid. Insulation against heat is just as
>useful against insulation against cold, so in
>addition to being cool in the summer, they can be
>pretty warm in the winter. There's not as much
>emphasis on some of the systems up north, most
>heat is natural gas or propane if you're in the
>middle of no-where (or don't want to be on the
>grid). Some houses have electric heat pumps (like
>my neighbors). Usually its a natural gas/central
>air system.
>
>My grandparents house in Albany, Ga always stayed
>nice and warm in the winter. That was a much
>older house (40's construction?). The biggest
>thing is that as you go further south, the
>greater emphesis that is placed on a good AC
>system.
>Heat is easily an afterthought.
>--
>--
>Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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