u/night_seer

Forgive my poor terminology. Very new to geothermal.

Cooling quit working a week ago. Since then, 3 techs have been out and replaced 3 electrical parts, none of them addressing the root cause. As of today, they think the issue is the whatever little black piece triggers the compressor to enter “second stage.” It was tripping a fuse and literally burnt up the brand new board they were installing. At this point, I think I’m just going to replace the entire thing given it’s age.

However, my concern is whether there could be something in the underground heat loop that caused issues with the interior system. My only reason for concern is that I had a patio installed over part of the exterior system (probably stupid, I know). However, that was installed a year ago and I’ve had no issues until now. it just bothers me that their description of the root cause isn’t very clear to me.

Again, I don’t mind replacing the system. Just want to make sure I’m not going to have the same issue again if something in the loop is messed up. I’m assuming they have a way to test the loop separately to make sure that’s not a factor?

Thanks for any insight. I’ll ask them more tomorrow when they come to quote a replacement.

I want to keep this brief and spoiler-free. Man does the ending make the entire series that much better.

People often comment on the pacing of this series. In one sense, people love the quick nature of the story. In another, it feels like you miss out on some depth, particularly the kind that fantasy lovers crave.

Brown does an amazing job of creating connection/emotion without slowing the story or being explicit in his attempts to do so. It’s beautiful and not an easy feat. In fact, I often see people compare the Hierarchy series to Red Rising, and although that series isn’t done, there’s a significant difference between how connected I feel to the characters in one series versus the other.

I’m planning to buy an OLED monitor for my friend’s birthday. He bought a new PC over the holidays but is still using his old monitors.

There isn’t a budget, but I also don’t want to spend money just for the sake of spending it. In other words, I’d like a really good option but not the latest/greatest where I’m paying a premium just the have the current flagship model. I’ll probably go with a 27” if that matters.

Is there a general consensus in this community?