Turned on the heat for the 2017-2018 season

[dartman]

Turned our forced air electric furnace on the 10th I think. Same here, no more heat gain during the day and it was getting to the low sixties in here. We have equal pay so it's about 124 a month year round and goes up or down each year depending on how severe the winter was. Last year it got very cold and actually froze the incoming water pipe but luckily caught it early and pex pipes so no damage as I thawed it out under the house and fixed the heat tape that had come unplugged.
Supposed to be another cold winter again for here so we'll see how it goes. Guess I need to make sure the tape is on again too.

 

[vacerator]

I cleaned and tested

our furnace end of September.
It's been on since the first week of October, and running some at night since the second week. We leave it set at 70 F.
It was only 20 F. here Friday morning. I didn't leave the house. Can you say cabin fever so early?
Hubby is beginning to have some arthritis in the neck and shoulders.
Does the desert climate help long term? He hates high summer heat as much as humid hot weather.
He can work from anywhere.

 

[DADoES]

 
11:55a.  Current outdoor temp is 74°F to 79°F depending upon where (somewhere in town or east side of my house).  Indoor is 74°F to 78°F depending upon where in the house.

 

[askolover]

We've had the 17 year old Amana gas package unit going since mid October.  Had some warm days and cold nights typical of middle TN this time of year. 

 

Stan, my grandmother had a floor furnace in her old house.  I used to stand on it looking down through the small window and watch when it kicked on.  It fascinated me to see the flames spread out.  That thing really put out the heat!  And as far as I know, my older sister and I never once got burned on it because we were taught from the get go to walk around it -- HOT!  But as an adult I have some shoes with that grid pattern melted into the sole from stepping on it.  She had it replaced with another before she had her stroke and moved in with my parents, an Empire brand I believe.  Hers was propane since her town doesn't have natural gas lines.