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 Re: The freeze and the grid
[Re: RedRanger]
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01/13/24 03:33 PM
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Jimbo1
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Ya'll scared of a little cold weather?
Geez............ Nope, just the possible damage from it.
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Re: The freeze and the grid
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01/14/24 05:44 PM
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RedRanger
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Ya'll scared of a little cold weather?
Geez............ Nope, just the possible damage from it. You shouldn't have any damages if you have half a brain What damages would you have from cold weather? I mean really what?
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Re: The freeze and the grid
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01/14/24 05:46 PM
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68rustbucket
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Now ERCOT is saying that Tuesday and Wednesday mornings may be close due to less wind!  When it’s the hottest and coldest temps, the wind doesn’t blow. Green energy is wimpy.
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Re: The freeze and the grid
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01/14/24 05:55 PM
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All I fear is broken PVC pipes. I already have replacement piping, joints, glue, and valves on hand, but I just don’t want to have to do the work.
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Re: The freeze and the grid
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01/14/24 06:23 PM
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Jimbo1
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Ya'll scared of a little cold weather?
Geez............ Nope, just the possible damage from it. You shouldn't have any damages if you have half a brain What damages would you have from cold weather? I mean really what? Duuuu....pool equipment for one!
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Re: The freeze and the grid
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01/14/24 06:34 PM
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RedRanger
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Ya'll scared of a little cold weather?
Geez............ Nope, just the possible damage from it. You shouldn't have any damages if you have half a brain What damages would you have from cold weather? I mean really what? Duuuu....pool equipment for one! Turn on pool heater.....
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Re: The freeze and the grid
[Re: Nolanco]
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01/14/24 06:51 PM
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Jimbo1
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Turn on pool heater.....
You really are clueless!
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Re: The freeze and the grid
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01/14/24 07:01 PM
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RedRanger
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Turn on pool heater.....
You really are clueless! I don't have a pool, I only have a pool in the subdivision. If I had a pool I would have a back up generator on natural gas, and have my pool heated Why you don't have a generator at your house? A good one only runs around $5K for like Generac 24W, I help my neighbor install his a few months ago. Generator should solve any pool issues with freezing.
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Re: The freeze and the grid
[Re: RedRanger]
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01/14/24 07:03 PM
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Jimbo1
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Turn on pool heater.....
You really are clueless! I don't have a pool, I only have a pool in the subdivision. If I had a pool I would have a back up generator on natural gas, and have my pool heated Why you don't have a generator at your house? A good one only runs around $5K for like Generac 24W, I help my neighbor install his a few months ago. Generator should solve any pool issues with freezing. Absolutely clueless...
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Re: The freeze and the grid
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01/14/24 07:15 PM
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Turn on pool heater.....
You really are clueless! I don't have a pool, I only have a pool in the subdivision. If I had a pool I would have a back up generator on natural gas, and have my pool heated Why you don't have a generator at your house? A good one only runs around $5K for like Generac 24W, I help my neighbor install his a few months ago. Generator should solve any pool issues with freezing. Absolutely clueless... RR has a very successful plumbing business lol.
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Re: The freeze and the grid
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01/14/24 07:19 PM
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In another weather-related flash. It's going to be NEGATIVE 18* in Kansas City for the chiefs game Saturday night.  Of course, no one will see it cuz it's on Peacock!!! Stupidest thing I've seen in a while. Just read where the NFL might move the Bills/Steelers game to Cleveland because of the weather...this aint the NFL of old! Not by a long shot.
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Re: The freeze and the grid
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01/14/24 07:26 PM
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Jimbo1
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In another weather-related flash. It's going to be NEGATIVE 18* in Kansas City for the chiefs game Saturday night. Of course, no one will see it cuz it's on Peacock!!! Stupidest thing I've seen in a while. Just read where the NFL might move the Bills/Steelers game to Cleveland because of the weather...this aint the NFL of old! Not by a long shot. Last night Mahomes cracked his helmet and when they gave him his backup...he couldn't put it on because it was frozen solid. That's cold!
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Re: The freeze and the grid
[Re: Nolanco]
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01/14/24 08:06 PM
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nak
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According to my energy monitor, we had 22 power outages this morning, starting at 6:40 and happening every 8 minutes (+/- 15 seconds) for three hours. Each 5 seconds long...just enough for my generator to crank, but not long enough to transfer load. Same thing happened last year during a cold snap.
We are on a LONG rural line that gets overloaded. The substation breaker finally operates, then recloses after 5 seconds. That momentary power disruption kicks every HVAC system off and starts a 5 - 7 minute delay timer, designed to prevent damage from short cycling. After 5 minutes, heaters start kicking back on. The circuit gets overloaded again, but now its worse than the first overload, because all those units now want auxiliary resistance heat because they are further below setpoint.
I finally flipped the service disconnect and just let the generator run for the last couple of hours of that.
I seems stable since about noon.
Last edited by nak; 01/14/24 09:37 PM.
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