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is there such a thing as an HVAC youtuber
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Aug 22, 2023 20:42
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For heating, air circulation is strictly less efficient than water circulation. In cold climates what you actually want is water circulation where the heat source is district heating. It's by far the most energy efficient solution out there and the least polluting too (one really huge furnace with sophisticated exhaust gas management is way better than many tiny furnaces and heating generally benefits from economies of scale). Even if you don't have district heating, water circulation is still the way to go. It's flexible because you can heat the water in any way you want (furnace of any type, downhole heat exchanger, geothermal energy, your own solar electricity, whatever) and you can also store heat with not-terrible efficiency. District cooling does exist but isn't that common yet, especially not to homes, so if you want cooling you'd have to have heat pumps/AC units as well. Central air is essentially never the correct answer, it's a legacy thing since before heat pumps became really good. e: youtuber, to try to stay at least vaguely on topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Khzns0KIk gradenko_2000 posted:is there such a thing as an HVAC youtuber technology connections goes hard on heat pumps TheFluff fucked around with this message at 23:27 on Aug 22, 2023 |
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Aug 22, 2023 20:44
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gradenko_2000 posted:is there such a thing as an HVAC youtuber Yes! There are a ton of trade-tubers in general. Some are better than others. I avoid the ones that can't help but lean into politics. My favorite HVAC channels are: Anti DIY HVAC HVAC GUY HVACR VIDEOS AC Service Tech LLC
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Aug 22, 2023 20:46
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SpartanIvy posted:Yes! There are a ton of trade-tubers in general. For a while I was watching a small concrete company's YouTube channel. Concrete with the Hauses. Kind of the natural evolution of watching lawn care/lawn mowing/power washing channels.
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Aug 22, 2023 20:49
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gradenko_2000 posted:is there such a thing as an HVAC youtuber my parents in their 70s found youtube on their Roku and they watch poo poo like this all day
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Aug 22, 2023 20:57
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gradenko_2000 posted:is there such a thing as an ____ youtuber Yes.
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Aug 22, 2023 20:57
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I watched a video about a geothermal heat pump not too long ago, those sound pretty cool.
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Aug 22, 2023 20:58
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SpartanIvy posted:Yes! There are a ton of trade-tubers in general. The ones where professional carpet/floor/rug cleaners turn some old horrible floor/carpet into something that looks nice are satisfying as gently caress
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Aug 22, 2023 21:03
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nerox posted:I watched a video about a geothermal heat pump not too long ago, those sound pretty cool. I tried to get that installed, but as a city goon, they told me it'd be too hard to get the drilling equipment to me and I just didn't have quite enough space even if they could.
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Aug 22, 2023 21:11
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Shugojin posted:The ones where professional carpet/floor/rug cleaners turn some old horrible floor/carpet into something that looks nice are satisfying as gently caress Cosigned on this in particular.
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Aug 22, 2023 21:20
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My biggest pet peeve on mechanical restoration channels is when, instead of machining the replacement part of the critically rusted out part, they just chuck everything in a rustoleum vat and call it a day. Putting a ton of bondo on a pitted/holed out part and then repainting it seems a bit like a fake out.
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Aug 22, 2023 21:26
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Internet Explorer posted:Absolutely not. Spoilsport!
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Aug 22, 2023 21:28
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SlowBloke posted:My biggest pet peeve on mechanical restoration channels is when, instead of machining the replacement part of the critically rusted out part, they just chuck everything in a rustoleum vat and call it a day. Putting a ton of bondo on a pitted/holed out part and then repainting it seems a bit like a fake out. Wood working channels like Blackstone, and or random old cabinet restorations are my jam. For the longest time I would watch like metal workers fix up "old" knives and antique axes that's also pretty satisfying in all the different methods to get rust off of stuff. I'll do poo poo like that once a year to remove all the rust on my grill and seal it in mineral spirits and vegetable oil.
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Aug 22, 2023 21:36
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are people still doing fake restoration videos where they ruin a perfectly good item (or just paint on fake rust) so they can "restore" it, or did the content mills move on to something else by now
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Aug 22, 2023 21:43
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There’s a trend right now of “Did [company] Lie To Us?” as a video title. Usually going over pre-launch marketing like, yes. The early hype marketing is not entirely honest and corporations lie to you. This isn’t some giant gotcha.
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Aug 22, 2023 21:49
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pointing out that corporations lie seems like one of the least bad kinds of youtube video
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Aug 22, 2023 21:52
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Chris Maher's channel is really pushing me to up my LED game at the moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNDikt7VfRw As cool as DIY Perks' projects are, this sort of thing is so much more accessible for a moron with power tools and Amazon Prime.
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Aug 22, 2023 21:54
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RE: heating/cooling If I wasn’t married the home would be at 80F during the summer and 72F in the winter. I like it warm. As it stands it’s 70F year round.
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Aug 22, 2023 21:55
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FlapYoJacks posted:RE: heating/cooling 
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Aug 22, 2023 21:58
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FlapYoJacks posted:RE: heating/cooling What the gently caress.
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Aug 22, 2023 22:00
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Inept posted:pointing out that corporations lie seems like one of the least bad kinds of youtube video Yeah except these are gaming youtubers so they won’t ever go that far so they’ll still get sponsors.
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Aug 22, 2023 22:00
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FlapYoJacks posted:RE: heating/cooling I think we've found who the true monster is in all of this.
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Aug 22, 2023 22:00
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Internet Explorer posted:I think we've found who the true monster is in all of this. our sponsors
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Aug 22, 2023 22:01
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reported. Enjoy the perma sicko
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Aug 22, 2023 22:03
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Charles Leclerc posted:Chris Maher's channel is really pushing me to up my LED game at the moment. Oh geez I want that.
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Aug 22, 2023 22:15
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Internet Explorer posted:I think we've found who the true monster is in all of this. The air at least has to be circulating! A nice warm breeze is so nice. 
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Aug 22, 2023 22:15
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my parents got heat pump mini splits for their house last year and it's made me so jealous of what maybe could've been had they heeded that sears commercial in the 90s
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Aug 22, 2023 22:16
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My favorite small YouTuber, and least controversial YouTuber named Linus, has a new video up, about drivers license design and why they suck.
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Aug 22, 2023 22:21
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https://youtu.be/x6zypc_LhnM
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Aug 22, 2023 22:42
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mp5 posted:our sponsors Today's derail is sponsored by the Ridge wallet!
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Aug 22, 2023 22:44
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Kazinsal posted:Today's derail is sponsored by the Ridge wallet! If you really want to put a dent in your rear end cheek, choose Ridge wallet with their sturdy steel!
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Aug 22, 2023 23:12
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Ok Comboomer posted:"room temp" is 70-72. I think a lot of ppl would find 78 approaching the "uncomfortably warm indoors" range If I were single and/or didn’t live in AZ, I’d totally keep my house at 70-72, but… BattleHork posted:I kept it around 78 when I lived in Florida so my power bill wouldn't be three billion dollars nine months out of the year We do this, because my wife gets cold easily (she was born and raised in Phoenix), and because even keeping it at 78 degrees is yielding a $400/month electric bill. I do have a mini split though specifically for my Edit: And soon I’m going to have a dedicated 20A, 120V circuit specifically for my
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Aug 22, 2023 23:31
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Jiro posted:If you really want to put a dent in your rear end cheek, choose Ridge wallet with their sturdy steel! I can hear this.
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Aug 22, 2023 23:31
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Jiro posted:If you really want to put a dent in your rear end cheek, choose Ridge wallet with their sturdy steel! I got curious once and went to their website. I had no idea they were like $100+. Their website did not have any explanation for why I would pay $100 for what looked like a small bit of aluminum and elastic. $30 or $40 sure yeah, but $100 seemed absolutely ridiculous. I guess their ad did it's job of getting me curious enough to click though.
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Aug 22, 2023 23:48
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TheGreySpectre posted:I got curious once and went to their website. I had no idea they were like $100+. Their website did not have any explanation for why I would pay $100 for what looked like a small bit of aluminum and elastic. $30 or $40 sure yeah, but $100 seemed absolutely ridiculous. I guess their ad did it's job of getting me curious enough to click though. But think of the value you get for bundling their highest priced wallet with a matching key holder! You save almost a hundred dollars bringing your total down to just $325!
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Aug 22, 2023 23:51
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Triikan posted:I tried to get that installed, but as a city goon, they told me it'd be too hard to get the drilling equipment to me and I just didn't have quite enough space even if they could. SlowBloke posted:My biggest pet peeve on mechanical restoration channels is when, instead of machining the replacement part of the critically rusted out part, they just chuck everything in a rustoleum vat and call it a day. Putting a ton of bondo on a pitted/holed out part and then repainting it seems a bit like a fake out. A couple others I catch regularly are - Tysy Tube - He can get a little odd on some of his choices, but pretty fun to watch. And Rescue & Restore. Some odd stuff he restores, but does quite pleasing work it looks like. Also the granddaddy of them all is Hand Tool Rescue. repiv posted:are people still doing fake restoration videos where they ruin a perfectly good item (or just paint on fake rust) so they can "restore" it, or did the content mills move on to something else by now
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Aug 22, 2023 23:53
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K8.0 posted:He has this weird complex where he wants everyone to see him as the most knowledgeable person about every aspect of his field, rather than just sticking to the parts he's good at which honestly no one posting on YouTube is really competing with. What is he actually knowledgeable about though Cuttress' current career pivot is advising semiconductor companies about "messaging and brand strategy", according to his own linkedin. I guess that means he's given up on technical reviewing (probably a good idea if you ask me, as he was terrible at it). However I can't imagine this is going well for him - the pro bono brand messaging work he's just submitted to the public is so bad. Even from a cynical POV, if you're gonna go longform with weak arguments that don't stand up to scrutiny, you need to do the ol' Gish gallop and race through so many of them that you force opponents of your position to go even more TL;DW. What he's put out is long, but doesn't have much substance and is easily refuted with way less effort than he put into it. So he isn't very good at the PR game...
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Aug 23, 2023 00:54
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BobHoward posted:What is he actually knowledgeable about though He might not be very smart, op.
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Aug 23, 2023 00:56
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I read his summaries of chip conference keynotes with interest, but I couldn’t honestly tell if I’m being misinformed.
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Aug 23, 2023 00:57
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BobHoward posted:you need to do the ol' Gish gallop If this is referencing the Gish I’m thinking of I appreciate this.
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