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Alex[_13_]

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On Fri, 29 Dec 2017 19:23:58 -0500, Alex wrote:

I've never turned on the heat in this house. If I did, I'm sure those
heating coils would stink like hell from non use.
When my wife was in the building and in the HVAC biz, that was a
regular call. She had people who had their air handler for 3 or 4
years and then had a fire because the tech left the book in there. It
took that long to turn it on. Mine has not been on since I built the
cabinet in the living room with the Dimplex electric fire place. The
1.4KW heater is all she ever needed, then only in the morning before I
get up.

I don't know how that could happen unless the book is placed inside the
air handler by the manufacturer. The installer shouldn't need the book.

CMU walls hold the heat well. We leave a bedroom window open at night
when it's 55-60º for the fresh air.