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Heat timer Steam heating systems in the old NYC apartment buildings (still an awful lot of them around) adjust the heat using a "heat timer". It senses outside temperature, and adjusts the heating duty cycle accordingly.

The control The control to go with the above valve http://www.industrialcontrolsonline.com/honeywell-t100

Temp fluctuations from multiple-dwelling steam heat I assume you have one-pipe steam heat? When we lived in Riverdale in the '80s, I installed thermostatic bleed valves on our radiators. Once I got them adjusted just right, we had even heat instead of the usual swelter-then-freeze cycle. The...

I bleach all kinds of stuff with sodium percarbonate I've used sodium percarbonate to good effect on countertop stains, stained mugs, even a concrete utility sink. That's in addition to laundry. I don't doubt that there are more effective products, but this is readily available, inexpensive...

Extractor vs FL washer Per the coinwash thread, a 35 lb. Bock extractor generated 800G. Undoubtedly a huge improvement over laundromat machines, especially hard mount. But not that much more than a "high performance" home FL. My Miele W4840 at 1400 RPM generates 600G according to...

Floodchek hoses I like Floodchek brand hoses. Had them on a Kenmore TL before I replaced it with a Miele. Now they're lying around in the basement.

My septic system is grandfathered in, now that sewer is available. If the system fails then replacement isn't an option, rather I'll have to hook up to sewer. When I applied for a permit to replace my septic tank, the water-sewer utility wanted the county to deny the permit. The county took...

Softener dispenser on KM WP From 1999-2008 I had a KM WP washer with a regular FS dispenser, not an agitator attachment. Pretty sure it dispensed on command from the timer, nothing to do with spinning.

Facts about septic systems from the rare septic enthusiast who replaced his tank voluntarily, not because the government ordered it. Solids are supposed to settle in the septic tank, not make it out to the leach field. When too much tank space is taken up by solids it's time to get it pumped...

DOE (Department of Energy) capacity 4.2 cu ft, on the US site, is the DOE capacity, measured like this: 3.1.1 Place the clothes washer in such a position that the uppermost edge of the clothes container opening is leveled horizontally, so that the container will hold the maximum amount of...

Canadian volumes are IEC, US are DOE Drum volumes on Canadian sites are according to IEC standard which USA has phased out. IEC adjusts the number to allow comparison between agitator and non-agitator washers. 4.8 cu ft IEC means it has the same capacity as an agitator washer with 4.8 cu ft...

House fire I know a generator serviceman who was at a customer's house, during an outage, and noticed smoke and flashes coming from a neighboring house. This is in the US, where the feed consists of two 120V wires 180 degrees out of phase with each other, and one neutral wire. I'll get...

An article in the Washington Post about a guy who runs a chain of laundromats. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/bethesda-businessman-spins-cash-at-the-laundromat/2015/06/13/1b79dc7e-1127-11e5-adec-e82f8395c032_story.html

It doesn't use the internal heater on the Normal cycle. Use Custom instead. Temperatures are: Cold 30C, Warm 40C, Very Warm 50C, Hot 60C, Sanitize 70C.

Energy use statements We're also in Pepco's service area and get energy use reports. It didn't take long for my wife to point out that the "most efficient neighbors" might not even be home much of the time.

Brake lines Our 2000 Chrysler Town & Country, bought new, ruptured a brake line in 2009. Stopping power was drastically reduced. Fortunately we were in slow traffic, so the ensuing collision wasn't too bad.

Gentle cycle? Is there a standard definition for gentle cycle? IIRC, on my last agitator TL (Whirlpool DD, though I didn't know about such things when I got rid of it) the gentle cycle differed from regular cycle only in using slower spin speed. Might reduce wrinkling but not fabric wear. I...

It's been reported that LG's bursty filling doesn't work with tankless water heaters, because the bursts aren't long enough to activate the heater.

Could the food in the freezer be releasing water vapor? That would cause frost, of course. Condensation of vapor releases heat, so maybe frost formation (from whatever cause) is raising the freezer temperature.

Floodchek hoses Here's a closeup of the ends of my Floodchek hoses. They look solid, and feel even more solid. Worth the money IMO. I took these out of service when I got the Miele.