Mike from TN
Owner/ Operator of the worlds most crowded Evo
Good Morning Everyone!
Woke up to the sound of the Inkbird singing this morning. Temp dropping rapidly in my tank.
Here is the scenario over the past few days:
I was out plowing and salting the driveway on Thursday after the 8.5” of snow that fell. I was freezing and expected the house to be warm when I returned indoors. The house felt chilly so I went to turn up the heat. The thermostat had a blank screen so I pulled it off the wall to check the batteries, none there because it is “hard wired” in. I Put in batteries and the screen was still blank. Bad thermostat that was replace less than a year ago. I called the HVAC guy but they were closed for the day so I left a message.
Thursday night, it got down to 2* outside and the house was freezing. We have a really nice Dyson space heater so we set that up in the bird room and slept with coats, beanie hats and gloves on.
Woke up yesterday morning and the temp in the bird room was 76*, nice and “cozy” for our parrots. The rest of the house was 52*, BRRRRRR!
At 8:01, the HVAC guy called and said he would be out ASAP but all of their vans were snowed in and the roads were still impassable. He couldn’t promise that he would be out yesterday but I was first on his list.
4:00 this morning the Inkbird alarm was going off and when I checked, the tank was down to 73.2*, the house was 50* (16* outside).
I heated 2 gallons of salt water in a huge soup pot on the stove to 100* and am currently doing a slow drip in with the hot and out with the cold. Corals are opening and fish are begging for food. The Inkbird has finally shut up. Very annoying but I’m glad it did it’s job.
Its supposed to be in the 40’s today by late morning so I should be hearing from the guy saying he’ll be out to fix it. This is our third thermostat in five years. He’s going to replace it and install a surge protection device to prevent them from failing in the future.
FYI:
When it’s 50* in the house, the toilet set is an adventure to sit on. :oops:
Woke up to the sound of the Inkbird singing this morning. Temp dropping rapidly in my tank.
Here is the scenario over the past few days:
I was out plowing and salting the driveway on Thursday after the 8.5” of snow that fell. I was freezing and expected the house to be warm when I returned indoors. The house felt chilly so I went to turn up the heat. The thermostat had a blank screen so I pulled it off the wall to check the batteries, none there because it is “hard wired” in. I Put in batteries and the screen was still blank. Bad thermostat that was replace less than a year ago. I called the HVAC guy but they were closed for the day so I left a message.
Thursday night, it got down to 2* outside and the house was freezing. We have a really nice Dyson space heater so we set that up in the bird room and slept with coats, beanie hats and gloves on.
Woke up yesterday morning and the temp in the bird room was 76*, nice and “cozy” for our parrots. The rest of the house was 52*, BRRRRRR!
At 8:01, the HVAC guy called and said he would be out ASAP but all of their vans were snowed in and the roads were still impassable. He couldn’t promise that he would be out yesterday but I was first on his list.
4:00 this morning the Inkbird alarm was going off and when I checked, the tank was down to 73.2*, the house was 50* (16* outside).
I heated 2 gallons of salt water in a huge soup pot on the stove to 100* and am currently doing a slow drip in with the hot and out with the cold. Corals are opening and fish are begging for food. The Inkbird has finally shut up. Very annoying but I’m glad it did it’s job.
Its supposed to be in the 40’s today by late morning so I should be hearing from the guy saying he’ll be out to fix it. This is our third thermostat in five years. He’s going to replace it and install a surge protection device to prevent them from failing in the future.
FYI:
When it’s 50* in the house, the toilet set is an adventure to sit on. :oops:
