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Oh hey I can control the heat in my apt now. I feel so high class.

Posted by Full Size Candy Baron (aka BaronWasteland) Oct 28 '21, 10:39

Before today it's been heat from vents supplied by a central boiler. No control short of opening or closing the vents (with limited effectiveness).

Now we've got individual units which I assume will drive up my electric bill.

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Nice! -- nm - Krusty Oct 28, 11:06
This is a completely foreign concept to me. Not the controlling your own heat (and A/C) bit but... - Trick or Todd Oct 28, 10:57 7
- I have no control. I have radiators and they are either on or off. Often we have to open windows to try and regulate the temps in the apt. -- nm - Krusty Oct 28, 11:06 4
  - Yeah at my old place there were occasions (rarely) where the A/C window unit needed to be turned on to balance the heat. -- nm - ty97 Oct 28, 11:08 3
    - Stop, stop! Us Californians don't have enough popcorn on hand to watch all this east coast weather griping already! -- nm - con_carne Oct 28, 11:11 2
      - Let me introduce you to this show called 'Friends'! -- nm - ty97 Oct 28, 11:11 1
        
        I know! -- nm - SyrDragon Oct 28, 11:19
- In some properties there are not individual systems. We have a duplex like this. -- nm - Spawn Oct 28, 11:01
- Well that's what happens when you live in building that were built before Iowa was invented. -- nm - ty97 Oct 28, 10:58
In san fran the law required that residents be able to have heat and with most places downtown getting muni steam, they heated whether it was hot or n -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 28, 10:52
I went from my old place (no control, steam pipes in the building) to my new place where I have a button with three settings! - ty97 Oct 28, 10:45 1
- Fancy! -- nm - Krusty Oct 28, 11:07
got u now $$$ -- nm - Utility Company coffers Oct 28, 10:43 2
- It's true, but I've been getting off cheap for 3/4 of the year for a long time, so it's only fair. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 28, 10:48 1
  - Oh, we'll make up for time. Don't you worry about it. -- nm - Big Ameren Oct 28, 10:58

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