Early Christmas present

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orezok

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Mojave Desert, CA
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Kubota B7800
Sometime last night, my furnace stopped working. Now heating with fireplace and portable electric heaters. :mad:

I swear I wasn’t naughty!
 
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That's how my luck usually rolls.
 
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Sorry to hear that. What kind of furnace do you have in the Mojave Desert? Here in East Texas, 100% of my heating is done by wood stove.
 
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I must be on the list also but further down,6" snow and still falling so will the temps single numbers tonight below zero rest of the week. :(
 
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Sorry to hear that. What kind of furnace do you have in the Mojave Desert? Here in East Texas, 100% of my heating is done by wood stove.

The kind of furnace you need when temperatures get down to as low as 12 degrees outside! Fortunately only 39 last night.
 
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This isn’t my first experience. About 15 years ago on Thanksgiving day, the SWIMBO goes to put the turkey in the oven. Oven won’t heat. Dead! Transfers turkey to a large combo convection microwave we had. About 20 minutes later that quits. Ended up finishing the turkey in the RV.
 
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The kind of furnace you need when temperatures get down to as low as 12 degrees outside! Fortunately only 39 last night.

Very few people realize that a Desert environment is very cold at night. :)
 
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The relay that turns on our furnace failed on a Saturday afternoon. If we hit it with a screwdriver it would latch, but wouldn稚 work once it shut off again. Dealer couldn稚 get the replacement on a weekend.

So we had a dance for the next couple days. After house would cool to 62-66ー we would manually activate it with the thermostat set to 72ー. We had a couple of auxiliary heaters so we didn稚 have to reset for 6-12 hours.

Ours was an electromechanical unit. New ones are solid state.
 
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Q- can we come over to your place (eat your food, watch your tv and make a mess in your place and then leave)
A- sorry my heater is out- we will be over to your place in a few min though!

Frigging genius!!!!!
 
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As they say, the first guy doesn't have a chance. In the last two weeks: Computer died, $500 and counting. Furnace quit, $800. Hot water heater quit, $400 fix, new heater soon, price to be determined. Knock on wood.
 

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