Question on Heat Pump utility closet

Posted by Steve on November 15, 2008, 11:20 pm

> wrote:

>>> wrote:
>>>>Combustion air on a heat pump
>>> That's what happens when the heat strips short out dummy.

>>Get an electrician to check your shorts :-)

> Why are you replying to forgers..

I don't know who is forging whom....... and I don't care. I don't play those
kinds of games.

Posted by ftwhd@home.com on November 15, 2008, 11:28 pm

wrote:

>> wrote:

>>>> wrote:
>>>>>Combustion air on a heat pump
>>>> That's what happens when the heat strips short out dummy.
>>>Get an electrician to check your shorts :-)

>> Why are you replying to forgers..

>I don't know who is forging whom.......

Heres a hint. Im not forging myself so just be sure your talking to
me when you reply otherwise ill just assume you are a moron.

>and I don't care. I don't play those
>kinds of games.

Cop out.

Posted by Steve on November 16, 2008, 8:38 am

> wrote:

>>> wrote:
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>Combustion air on a heat pump
>>>>> That's what happens when the heat strips short out dummy.
>>>>Get an electrician to check your shorts :-)
>>> Why are you replying to forgers..

>>I don't know who is forging whom.......

> Heres a hint. Im not forging myself so just be sure your talking to
> me when you reply otherwise ill just assume you are a moron.

>>and I don't care. I don't play those
>>kinds of games.

> Cop out.

no cop out, just plain truth

Whithout going and searching headers and all that crap, how am I supposed to
know if its you or not?? Like I said... I just don't care enough to play
those games.

Posted by Don Ocean on November 13, 2008, 9:49 pm

Don Ocean wrote:

> mmoore@bso.org wrote:

>> On Nov 13, 9:30 am, ftwhd wrote:

>>> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:15:15 -0800 (PST), bostonmoo...@gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>>> I live on the 4th floor of a condo with a 20 year Carrier 50Qt through
>>>> the wall electric heat pump. There is a louvered door to the closet.
>>>> The problem is that the closet is real drafty - cold air leaks into
>>>> the living room right through the louvered door. I've tried to seal
>>>> around the wall sleeve as much as I can inside the closet, but I'm
>>>> wondering if I can replace the louvered door with a regular door or
>>>> cover the bottom louvers and put a draft stopper to keep the drafts in
>>>> the closet and keep the cold from leaking in.
>>>> If I did this would I be affecting the performance of the heat pump?
>>>> Am I not considering return-air? There is a filter at the bottom of
>>>> the heat pump that I replace on a monthly basis.
>>>> There are no other appliances in this closet.
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> Seeing as how the 20 yo heat pump is in fact 20 yo, it will affect
>>> effiency more than a drafty closet you daft knob. You're welcome.
>>> I am the real ftwhd and I approve this message.

>> I realize its 20 years old and is not efficient to what a new one can
>> do; but I also can't
>> afford at this time right now a new system; so if someone can just
>> reply about the
>> closet door that would be great.
>> Thanks

>
> That louvered door allows combustion air to enter the furnace. Don't
> dick with it.

Whoops, I didn't read that in total. Leave the door alone as it is
probably your cold air return. No combustion there unless you have a Gas
furnace to back up that Heat pump in very cold weather. If so that could
be combustion air.

Posted by ftwhd@home.com on November 13, 2008, 9:51 pm

wrote:

>Don Ocean wrote:

>> mmoore@bso.org wrote:

>>> On Nov 13, 9:30 am, ftwhd wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:15:15 -0800 (PST), bostonmoo...@gmail.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I live on the 4th floor of a condo with a 20 year Carrier 50Qt through
>>>>> the wall electric heat pump. There is a louvered door to the closet.
>>>>> The problem is that the closet is real drafty - cold air leaks into
>>>>> the living room right through the louvered door. I've tried to seal
>>>>> around the wall sleeve as much as I can inside the closet, but I'm
>>>>> wondering if I can replace the louvered door with a regular door or
>>>>> cover the bottom louvers and put a draft stopper to keep the drafts in
>>>>> the closet and keep the cold from leaking in.
>>>>> If I did this would I be affecting the performance of the heat pump?
>>>>> Am I not considering return-air? There is a filter at the bottom of
>>>>> the heat pump that I replace on a monthly basis.
>>>>> There are no other appliances in this closet.
>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>> Seeing as how the 20 yo heat pump is in fact 20 yo, it will affect
>>>> effiency more than a drafty closet you daft knob. You're welcome.
>>>> I am the real ftwhd and I approve this message.
>>> I realize its 20 years old and is not efficient to what a new one can
>>> do; but I also can't
>>> afford at this time right now a new system; so if someone can just
>>> reply about the
>>> closet door that would be great.
>>> Thanks

>>
>> That louvered door allows combustion air to enter the furnace. Don't
>> dick with it.

>Whoops, I didn't read that in total. Leave the door alone as it is
>probably your cold air return. No combustion there unless you have a Gas
>furnace to back up that Heat pump in very cold weather. If so that could
>be combustion air.

You were starting to worry me, I thought dementia was setting in. :)

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