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This quoted post was from the first summer in the Denver house, 2016. Finally getting around to it: On August 8th I'm getting 4 quotes for a mini split heat pump system.
At least 3 heads, for the 3 upstairs bedrooms. Maybe a 4th for the basement bedroom. Doesn't need to be sized for the heating load of the house as it has a forced air system already (NG furnace and conventional single zone 21? 24? SEER Carrier Infinity AC) so I'm thinking small, 1.5 or 2 tons maybe.
The goal of this would be for localized cooling/heating of the bedrooms instead due to the whole physics "hot air rises" phenomenon and all, with the side benefit of shifting heating load away from NG to electricity. (Recall that I have 13.94 kW of PV on the roof and overproduce for the year at least at this point when I only have one PHEV in the garage--sized that system back when I also had the Tesla.)
Anyway, quotes then, but then a waiting game: Xcel has a $2k rebate for cold-climate-capable mini split heat pump installations, but Denver proper has a up to $5,700 rebate (!, capped at 80% max not that I think the total price will be less than $7,125) for such systems as well. The issue is that Denver is releasing additional funding for this rebate monthly in the fall so I'll have to wait for another batch. As this is for a luxury/additional system since we have the central air, albeit not distributed all too well throughout the house, I'll wait for $5,700 extra not spent by me personally.
Turns out the Denver rebate is $5,400. The Inflation Reduction Act, passed by the House and to be signed by POTUS next week, also will add a 30% Federal tax credit up to $2,000 on heat pumps, effective Jan 1, 2023.
Anyway, I'm definitely waiting until at least 2023 given all this: the IRA, the unclear state of funding for Denver's rebate, and the high quotes (these prices all pre-credits/rebates):
$16.4k for Mitsubishi hardware
$20k for "Carrier" hardware, rebranded Chinese parts apparently
$22k for Daikin
$22.5k for Daikin
All of these are for 2 ton, 3 head systems with one head in each of the upstairs bedrooms. Makes my ~$20k all in system here in the mountains seem like a great deal (4 ton, 5 heads, Daikin hardware).
hmph. Even with $7.4k axed from these figures via the Xcel + Denver rebates that's still a lot. Maybe more palatable with $2k more off via the IRA next year. Or maybe some powered register fans in the bedrooms in question will make things good enough that we don't go the mini split route at all.
Anyway, I'm definitely waiting until at least 2023 given all this: the IRA, the unclear state of funding for Denver's rebate, and the high quotes (these prices all pre-credits/rebates):
$16.4k for Mitsubishi hardware
$20k for "Carrier" hardware, rebranded Chinese parts apparently
$22k for Daikin
$22.5k for Daikin
All of these are for 2 ton, 3 head systems with one head in each of the upstairs bedrooms. Makes my ~$20k all in system here in the mountains seem like a great deal (4 ton, 5 heads, Daikin hardware).
hmph. Even with $7.4k axed from these figures via the Xcel + Denver rebates that's still a lot. Maybe more palatable with $2k more off via the IRA next year. Or maybe some powered register fans in the bedrooms in question will make things good enough that we don't go the mini split route at all.
Giving two of these a try: one for one of the kids’ rooms, and one for one of the vents in our room for good measure:
AC Infinity AIRTAP T4, Quiet Register Booster Fan with Thermostat Control. Heating Cooling AC Vent. Fits 4” x 10” Register Holes.
Powered register fans x 2 plopped in. Temp on the unit is of the air in the duct, not the ambient temp as per the tiny standalone thermometers in the younger kids’ + our rooms, respectively. (72F with the AC set point at 70 on the main floor at this time as context, 89 Freedoms outside.)
I will update you all on whether the temperature budges after them running for a few hours.
For the curious, they run on 6V DC and draw all of 8W. Simple logic to turn on the fan below (for AC) and above (for heat) two temp thresholds. Fan speeds from 1-10, with this video showing noise from levels 6 and 7:
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Ran them at speed 7 until now. Dialed back the one in our room to 6 for less noise. Our room is currently at 69 Freedoms, which matches that at the main floor thermostat!
This might just work, especially as I can run them at higher speeds during the day if necessary.
This might just work, especially as I can run them at higher speeds during the day if necessary.
So with the IRA now signed into law this means no more tax credits for me*. Then again, I have taken advantage of them pretty well over the years:
Leaf: credit passed to me as a cap cost reduction (and then some, I think it was something like $12k cap cost reduction in total via VPP), so effectively took the full $7.5k Fed credit via the leasing company. Also got sales tax exemption on the lease payments while I lived in Washington.
RAV4 EV: bought used so no Federal credit, but this was a year when Colorado offered their full $6k-at-the-time state tax credit for EVs provided one did a VIN search and showed that the vehicle had never been registered in CO before.
PacHy 1: $7.5k Fed, $5k CO.
PacHy 2: $7.5k Fed, $5k CO yet again.
Tesla: $7.5k Fed, $5k CO.
* The Mercedes EQB should be the last vehicle I get credits for, under the old rules via the Transition Rule of the IRA. It'll ring up as $7.5k Fed and $2.5k CO (if delivered this calendar year) or $2k CO if it slips into calendar 2023. I'm going with the "nonrefundable deposit paperwork signed June 18, 2022 == contract" angle on this one.
Thank you all for subsidizing my EVs over the years.
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Leaf: credit passed to me as a cap cost reduction (and then some, I think it was something like $12k cap cost reduction in total via VPP), so effectively took the full $7.5k Fed credit via the leasing company. Also got sales tax exemption on the lease payments while I lived in Washington.
RAV4 EV: bought used so no Federal credit, but this was a year when Colorado offered their full $6k-at-the-time state tax credit for EVs provided one did a VIN search and showed that the vehicle had never been registered in CO before.
PacHy 1: $7.5k Fed, $5k CO.
PacHy 2: $7.5k Fed, $5k CO yet again.
Tesla: $7.5k Fed, $5k CO.
* The Mercedes EQB should be the last vehicle I get credits for, under the old rules via the Transition Rule of the IRA. It'll ring up as $7.5k Fed and $2.5k CO (if delivered this calendar year) or $2k CO if it slips into calendar 2023. I'm going with the "nonrefundable deposit paperwork signed June 18, 2022 == contract" angle on this one.
Thank you all for subsidizing my EVs over the years.
:derp:
My new 1up Super Duty is a nice piece of kit. No plastic, made in the US. The Rack Stash will be slick once I get it mounted on the wall, too.
However, the 1up also doesn’t adjust automatically to different wheel sizes without unbolting the spool thing, won’t work with the 4” tires on my commuter bike without a spacer kit, and would be quite expensive to expand out to more bikes (limited to 3 total since I got a single, I think). So my 2 + 2 Thule T2 setup will persist as well for family use what with the different wheel sizes and all.
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At least you didn't end up with the other cart, like in this one..
I got a 1up rack recently as well and it trully seems like one of those things that will last forever. There is really nothing cheap, plastic or anything else about it that seems like corners were cut.
I think there is a foam thing for use with fenders and another lower wheel thing, if its unstable.
But yeah, nothing on it other than the arms and tilting mechanism is a tool less operation, which IMO is a good thing.
She's probably not even heavy enough to use 100mm is she even with "appropriate sag"?
Commencal says this is for kids 135-150 cm tall. 26" wheels, tiny frame, 160 cm fork (!). Mariko-kun is 140 cm as just measured...
If I put low enough pressure in it she'll use the travel!
Go with a PNW Fern dropper.... it's been sprung specifically for super light kids as most around Mariko's size have trouble getting adults posts to drop (not enough weight).
Good call—she has that exact dropper on her current REI 24” wheeled rigid bike and it works well.
The Trailcraft build will come with one from the factory, though. Summer special on the XT builds: carbon rims, carbon bars, KS Lev dropper post. If it doesn’t work for her weight they’ll make it right as they’re based out of Ft Collins.
Still want, even though I’m not tax credit eligible after my grandfathered-in EQB purchase:
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(The EV9 itself may not be eligible itself anyway due to assembly location and domestic pack content.)
Kia teases new EV9 images, its answer to the Rivian R1S with AWD, 3rd row, and more
Kia continues to tease the public with its EV9 SUV – the automaker’s next all-electric vehicle to join the lineup...
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(The EV9 itself may not be eligible itself anyway due to assembly location and domestic pack content.)
She may well have trouble dropping that Lev. But she’ll get bigger, and if it’s a “drop at the top of the descent with my help” kind of deal for now not a huge problem for a season.
Carbon wheels, bar, and XT group.
Her first real ride.Amusingly low pressures… I’m not sure if she’s even 70 lb in gear:
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I opted for a 26t ring. That’s a 51t big cog on the cassette, and 26” non plus meats. So she’ll have quite the low granny gear so as to not blow up.
I’m not convinced my middle child will turn out to be a mountain biker yet as she turns on the “I don’t want to do this” whine-mode too easily. But maybe I’ll be surprised. Youngest kid really loves to ride her bike out front so I bet she’ll take after her biggest sister.
I’m not convinced my middle child will turn out to be a mountain biker yet as she turns on the “I don’t want to do this” whine-mode too easily. But maybe I’ll be surprised. Youngest kid really loves to ride her bike out front so I bet she’ll take after her biggest sister.
I only ended up with one bike rider... the other kids don't give a rat's ass about it. <shrug>
here be my hand
Soft tissue swelling as per my photos, and a thankfully non-intraarticular, mildly displaced, comminuted fracture through the left fifth metacarpal base.
Should be non-operative management for sure, a few weeks of avoiding use is my guess.
Soft tissue swelling as per my photos, and a thankfully non-intraarticular, mildly displaced, comminuted fracture through the left fifth metacarpal base.
Should be non-operative management for sure, a few weeks of avoiding use is my guess.
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Pretty much exactly what I was going to say.
Heal up, maybe we can sneak in some DH before the lifts close for snow season.
Last day is Oct 2 so I think I’m out for dh season proper. Definitely will be back for trail riding season before the snows set in though!
I see the issue.
You've got a big gold wedding band wedged into your mitt.
I'd recommend an https://ensorings.com/ when you're riding your bike.
You've got a big gold wedding band wedged into your mitt.
I'd recommend an https://ensorings.com/ when you're riding your bike.
