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  • Hallowell Acadia Heat Pump

    Is anyone familiar with the Hallowell Acadia heat pump system? We live in CT and currently have an oil furnace with baseboards. Since we want central air and need to run the duct work anyway, we thought this system might be a good solution. Any thoughts or personal experience?  http://www.gotohallowell.com/acadia.html Thanks, Kathy
    Posted to Around the House (Forum) by klscaz on September 13, 2008
  • Re: Beating (or fighting) the high cost of energy

    It's been a two year project.  We live in Phoenix in a nine-year old home.  Two years ago our power bill was $173.00/month with the utilities monthly average payment option.  First, the seven year old air conditioner, which was showing signs of dying in late May, was replaced with a Trane XLi 19 (the 19 SEER unit), new air ...
    Posted to Around the House (Forum) by John18 on September 22, 2006
  • Re: Beating (or fighting) the high cost of energy

    Well, we have a geothermal system, so we didn't get hit by any of the rising energy costs. Even so, we take steps to conserve. We've turned up the thermostat and pull the curtains closed to block the sunlight during the day. We keep a pretty close eye on the weather too. When the temperature drops to our thermo setting, we open all the ...
    Posted to Around the House (Forum) by fuzzybunnies on August 28, 2006