THE Random Chat Thread - AKA "The RCT" - No shirt or shoes required - Open 24 / 7

[pepperj]

Roger, We used forced air electric luckily in Quebec because of all our hydro electric dams we probably have the cheapest rates in North America. We sell our surplus to the Northeast U.S. states.

Bill there's a call for Quebecers to turn the heat down, limit the use of hot water.
Ya had the biggest usage of power in a single day in history."
An extreme cold warning has been in effect across southern Quebec since Friday morning, straining the system as Quebecers juggle staying warm and working from home.

Hydro Québec recorded consumption levels reaching 40,300 megawatts as of 8 a.m. Friday, breaking a previous record of 39,000 MW that was broken during another cold snap on Jan 11.
The province can import electricity from other regions if Quebec's system reaches its limits,

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/extreme-cold-jan-21-quebec-hydro-consumption-1.6322688

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[pepperj]

They say actually the problem arrives in having a lot of homes going off fossil fuels, like all the new builds.
So now it has strained the grid to nearly reaching capacity.
Now with the big push for electric powered vehicles and fully implemented by 2030.
I wonder how the brains will power all this.
Who would of ever thought the winters were going to be cold, everyone home, and using power.

 

[bill from lachine]

Jim, There's some less costly ways of generating hydro electric power and much simpler. Just simple units along a stream will do it I'll have to check for a video but very efficient and less disruptive.

 

[Oregon Viking]

They say actually the problem arrives in having a lot of homes going off fossil fuels, like all the new builds.
So now it has strained the grid to nearly reaching capacity.
Now with the big push for electric powered vehicles and fully implemented by 2030.
I wonder how the brains will power all this.
Who would of ever thought the winters were going to be cold, everyone home, and using power.

Everyone is home? What's going on?

 

[Oregon Viking]

Bill, is the forced air heating like the manufactured homes use? A floor vent in every room. They put out a serious amount of heat! Air conditioning can be incorporated in to the system also.

 

[bill from lachine]

Jim, There's some less costly ways of generating hydro electric power and much simpler. Just simple units along a stream will do it I'll have to check for a video but very efficient and less disruptive.

Here you go. imagine how many could be installed along a fast running river to produce cheap energy without massive dams.

 

[bill from lachine]

Bill, is the forced air heating like the manufactured homes use? A floor vent in every room. They put out a serious amount of heat! Air conditioning can be incorporated in to the system also.

OV, Yep the ductwork was installed at construction time circa 1950 and we have a central air hooked up to it for summer use. Keeps us both warm and cool depending on the season.

 

[Oregon Viking]

 

[pepperj]

Everyone is home? What's going on?

Nothing happening, bars restaurants, gyms all effected with lockouts. SSDStrain

 

[crashbandicoot]

Nothing happening, bars restaurants, gyms all effected with lockouts. SSDStrain

OK,I,ll bite.What,s SSD strain?

 

[Oregon Viking]

OK,I,ll bite.What,s SSD strain?

Don't bite.... It will make it worse......

 

[pepperj]

OK,I,ll bite.What,s SSD strain?

Same $hit different strain

 

[crashbandicoot]

Same $hit different strain

Well,I asked for it!

 

[crashbandicoot]

Don't bite.... It will make it worse......

Some body,s got to be the straight man,looks like it was me!!

 

[pepperj]

Same here if we're good sheep they'll start lifting the restrictions Feb 1st.
Then if all goes well more in March.

 

[WHADIFIND]

W/Rum ?

Must be a Phillips "Screwdriver".

 

[RTR]

Roger, We used forced air electric luckily in Quebec because of all our hydro electric dams we probably have the cheapest rates in North America. We sell our surplus to the Northeast U.S. states.

Same here Bill tho not as big as yours its 10 miles from home and carries enough juice for the area.This dam throws the water back into the lake to be recycled over & over https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Mountain_Dam

 

[ARC]

Good Morning TreasureNet Crew.

 

[RTR]

Bill, is the forced air heating like the manufactured homes use? A floor vent in every room. They put out a serious amount of heat! Air conditioning can be incorporated in to the system also.

The best all around EVEN HEAT I've ever seen is radiant heat ( thru hot water tubing in the floor).especially a tile floor ! A Hot air system is either hot when its on, or cold when its off. That big mansion I posted a few days ago has a Radiant heat system IN the floor(copper tubing encased in 12" of cement)....Heat rises ...

 

[bill from lachine]

Good morning to the crew a bit nippy here this morning.

minus 13F and minus 25F with the windchill.