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Saturday, December 4, 2021

Marge and I usually heat with just our wood heat when the average temp is say freezing or above. But when the temp gets any colder than we're used to, we rely on our central heat system. But last spring our central heat system kind of went on the blink, so we don't have it to fall back on right now. I think I could probably get it going but not sure I want to. Our hvac system is probably 30 years old or more. At some point it becomes unsafe to use. And if there would happen to be a crack in the heat exchanger, we might fill the house with carbon monoxide, so we rely on the wood stove. We are getting a new hvac system installed but it might be a month off.

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