Re: [MBZ] Heating issues 85 300D

2017-12-24 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Blower regulator? ACC module? On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Michael Esh via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Took her out for test drive after replacing soft hose in dash and manually > adjusting floor vents. I am getting heat to the floor but still getting > intermittent, hard

[MBZ] Heating issues 85 300D

2017-12-24 Thread Michael Esh via Mercedes
Took her out for test drive after replacing soft hose in dash and manually adjusting floor vents. I am getting heat to the floor but still getting intermittent, hard to adjust heat. I am continually adjusting for too hot and then too cold. I am going to add water to the overflow tank even

[MBZ] Heating or Propulsion?

2015-03-13 Thread Mike Esh via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] heating season

2014-10-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Maybe the black foamy stuff on the air doors that breaks down over time? Put a tissue over one of the vents and put the fan on "high". See if there's anything on it after a minute or two, as a lot of that stuff will become airborne as it breaks down. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Oct 7, 2014, at

[MBZ] heating season

2014-10-07 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
It has become cool here in the last few days. My valve adjust job of a month or two back is helping with the starting as it fires right up now and last year it was unhappy. Another issue arises however once I turn the heat on. The interior smells of rubber or something when the heat is on. An

Re: [MBZ] Heating water

2014-01-21 Thread Mitch Haley
Randy Bennell wrote: We went from a 40 gal gas tank to a 60 gallon electric tank. My good wife runs it out of hot water on the weekends with laundry etc. I think our cost of operation is higher with the electric tank based on what the electric bill now is. Ten cent killowatts are comparable

Re: [MBZ] Heating water

2014-01-21 Thread Rich Thomas
I bought a new unit, 80g electric a few years back, that has some sort of "intelligent" controller and you can set it for various regimes, and I think it might learn your patterns and work accordingly but I don't know for sure. I have it on the regular benign setting, it does whatever it does.

Re: [MBZ] Heating water

2014-01-21 Thread rogerhga
Just some extra info. When I checked on these a few years back, I was told I would need to both increase the size of my flue pipe and my gas line. Since I didn't want to start rebuilding things, I added a small electric unit which I set on low before the lowboy gas unit. This way the water given

Re: [MBZ] Heating water

2014-01-21 Thread Randy Bennell
I switched from a gas fired tank to an electric one a year or two back, primarily because our furnace is old and if we end up getting a new furnace, we will be able to get rid of the gas chimney. We would not be able to if the hot water tank still needed it as the vent. One can get other types

Re: [MBZ] Heating water

2014-01-21 Thread Mitch Haley
Rich Thomas wrote: So he is going around with the plumber who put it in, who would not come to fix it. So he calls another guy who takes a look at it, and sees the plumber forgot to put in the propane jets so the natural gas jets were draining the tank. And the freezing thing was just a poor

Re: [MBZ] Heating water

2014-01-21 Thread Dieselhead
A buddy of mine had a tankless system installed in his house, a townhouse sort of thing that is not that big, He has a circulating pump on it. It drained a propane right quick, $400. THen it drained a propane tank again, another $400. Then in our cold weather last week it froze up (it is mo

Re: [MBZ] Heating water

2014-01-21 Thread Rich Thomas
A buddy of mine had a tankless system installed in his house, a townhouse sort of thing that is not that big, He has a circulating pump on it. It drained a propane right quick, $400. THen it drained a propane tank again, another $400. Then in our cold weather last week it froze up (it is mo

Re: [MBZ] Heating

2011-12-07 Thread Randy Bennell
, WILTON wrote: Yes, it will; 'thought it was more like July, though. ;<))) Wilton - Original Message - From: "Randy Bennell" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Heating Yes sir. It will be a few day

Re: [MBZ] Heating

2011-12-06 Thread WILTON
Yes, it will; 'thought it was more like July, though. ;<))) Wilton - Original Message - From: "Randy Bennell" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Heating Yes sir. It will be a few days until Ap

Re: [MBZ] Heating

2011-12-06 Thread Randy Bennell
Yes sir. It will be a few days until April or May. Randy On 06/12/2011 5:02 PM, WILTON wrote: FEW days? Wilton - Original Message - From: "Randy Bennell" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Heating Tel

Re: [MBZ] Heating

2011-12-06 Thread WILTON
FEW days? Wilton - Original Message - From: "Randy Bennell" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Heating Tell me more about this. Does the system not need oil because the compressor has oil in its cra

Re: [MBZ] Heating

2011-12-06 Thread Randy Bennell
r. -Curt Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:18:27 -0600 From: Randy Bennell To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Heating Message-ID:<4edcfce3.4090...@bennell.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed We only get the scorched air smell when we first fire up in the fa

Re: [MBZ] Heating

2011-12-05 Thread Brian Toscano
rious > cold. It sucks down HP but really does a good job. I'll know next year. > > > > -Curt > > > > Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:18:27 -0600 > > From: Randy Bennell > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Heating > > Mess

Re: [MBZ] Heating

2011-12-05 Thread Walt Zarnoch
From: Randy Bennell > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Heating > Message-ID: <4edcfce3.4090...@bennell.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > We only get the scorched air smell when we first fire up in the fall > after

Re: [MBZ] Heating

2011-12-05 Thread Curt Raymond
27;ll know next year. -Curt Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:18:27 -0600 From: Randy Bennell To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Heating Message-ID: <4edcfce3.4090...@bennell.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed We only get the scorched air smell when we firs

Re: [MBZ] Heating

2011-12-05 Thread Randy Bennell
On 03/12/2011 4:57 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: I have neither of those... We have hot water baseboard, I actually prefer my parent's setup, they have nice big cast iron baseboard heaters, they heat up nicely and hold heat well radiating it over time. The only thing I like better is radiant floor he

Re: [MBZ] Heating

2011-12-04 Thread Dan Penoff
Lake effect snow is usually limited to a band maybe 20-30 miles from the shore, although in some areas a combination of topography and winds can take it farther. We lived on the shores of Lake Michigan for six years, and rarely saw it, mainly because we were on the western shore and the prevail

Re: [MBZ] Heating

2011-12-03 Thread Mitch Haley
Curt Raymond wrote: How wide is Michigan? I'm probably 80-90 miles from Lake Michigan and over 100 miles from Lake Huron. Lake effect snow mainly falls on people within 20-30 miles of Lake Michigan, and the temperate zone is probably about the same width. Mitch.

Re: [MBZ] Heating

2011-12-03 Thread Curt Raymond
e AC about half time, run it from the time my wife leaves for work until I get home, keep the house closed up and its pretty adequate. We'll need less once I finish insulating the attic... -Curt Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:01:26 -0500 From: Mitch Haley To: Mercedes Discussion List Su

Re: [MBZ] Heating

2011-12-03 Thread Mitch Haley
Curt Raymond wrote: Seriously we only need AC maybe 2-3 weeks a year, a window unit is plenty adequate, There are two reasons for me to need A/C in Michigan. 1. If I have to wear shirt and tie, I need A/C in the office for a few months a year. 2. 20-30 nights a year I sleep a lot better wi

Re: [MBZ] Heating

2011-12-03 Thread Curt Raymond
ssed several times in the past my wife' and I are pretty tolerant of temperature... -Curt Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 14:37:41 -0500 (EST) From: relng...@aol.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Heating Message-ID: <772.528d7792.3c0bd...@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; chars

Re: [MBZ] Heating

2011-12-03 Thread RELNGSON
> my grandmother's house has scorched air. I'll do my damnedest never > to live anywhere with forced hot air... > Piffle. Houses with electric baseboard heat or steam radiators are stuffy and malodorous. RLE > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and u

[MBZ] Heating oil vs. #2 (was B-5 Diesel Question)

2009-11-09 Thread Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310
I just was reading an article in Autoweek about price of fuel, and part of the article was a chart showing the current refinery 'most economical breakdown' of products from a barrel of oil, and three different fuels were listed as middle distillates: jet fuel, heating oil, and #2 diesel. In my