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Has anyone had mail delivery since the storm? I can understand the mail delivery being canceled on Friday but today when pretty much all streets have been sanded and plowed is very unusual. I knew I should have paid extra to have my package shipped via UPS or FedEx
Whatever happened to the ol USPS motto of "Neither rain nor snow ..."?
Historically February and March are Long Island's snowiest months
Looking at my gas bill the last 2 years, that is true. Jan-Mar are the costliest months. Snow isn't always plentiful but the cold temps are.
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Has anyone had mail delivery since the storm? I can understand the mail delivery being canceled on Friday but today when pretty much all streets have been sanded and plowed is very unusual. I knew I should have paid extra to have my package shipped via UPS or FedEx
Whatever happened to the ol USPS motto of "Neither rain nor snow ..."?
USPS was supposed to deliver a Fedex smartpost package on Friday but deferred to Saturday. Haven't seen a UPS truck but saw a Fedex truck.
Can I ask an ignorant question? I have never had a problem with my heat getting up to what I set it at, but this morning it isn't getting "that" high. Is that because it is so cold outside? It runs for quite awhile, and then even though it hasn't reached my set temperature it stops for a brief period before running again. It doesn't stop for long.. minutes max and then starts up again.
l. I thought maybe it stops just because it can't run constantly....(because of the engine or whatever runs the thing)
2. Shouldn't it be able to get up to the thermostat setting?
I don't know of anybody with oil heat except the people on Long Island, so I am asking on this forum.
My son is running around barefoot ..never cold........... but I think it is freezing.....
Same here. Bumped up the aquastat to 180 which helped quite a bit.
Our paychecks are supposed to come in on Friday night to my boss's house around 7 pm. He brings them in on Saturday. As of today no paychecks. UPS delivers them.
Best thing to do when it's this cold is raise the boiler water temperature to 200 degrees. Most boilers are not designed to keep 70 degrees on a 0 degree day.
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Same here. Bumped up the aquastat to 180 which helped quite a bit.
Can you describe the reason for why this works better? Is the boiler working less hard overall on keeping the water temp which flows to the baseboards?
Can you describe the reason for why this works better? Is the boiler working less hard overall on keeping the water temp which flows to the baseboards?
Increasing the high setting on the aquastat increases heat output to your baseboard (but also makes you burn more oil in the long run). Many recommend 180hi 140low in the winter (although there is debate about what works best/most efficient which depends on many factors). Also be careful about setting too high or the pressure valve will vent.
Increasing the high setting on the aquastat increases heat output to your baseboard (but also makes you burn more oil in the long run). Many recommend 180hi 140low in the winter (although there is debate about what works best/most efficient which depends on many factors). Also be careful about setting too high or the pressure valve will vent.
Thanks - I won't risk it because of that last part, but I thought the point of doing it was to be more efficient = use LESS gas/oil?
My parents were stuck on the highway in that 78 storm they told me.
Were you born nine months after that storm?
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