The Weather Thread

[ism22]

Sunday's weather for the Canberra Marathon was pretty sweet. There was a light drizzle but it was pretty cool so I had no dramas.

[horrie hastings]

Compared to yesterday afternoon, today wasn't to bad, yesterday was arctic when the wind and rain set in. The coolness last night made it so much easier to sleep.
Suppose to warm up again later in the week here in Sydney.

[mightyrooster]

Sunny and blue sky today after a freezing 5 degrees overnight.

[Andrew Walker]

First taste of winter Very cold and grey here in Sydney

[mightyrooster]

Yes , I am.................................I've done something right for once.

Well that’s good news.

It’s been raining here most of the day but nothing like what Sydney and the coast is getting at the moment.

[eddie]

I hope you’re fully covered by the Insurance company Eddie.

Yes , I am.................................I've done something right for once.

[mightyrooster]

Regarding the bad storms earlier this year, I finally bit the bullet and rang the insurance company.
The bloke they sent out to inspect reckons my entire roof needs to be replaced, he wasn't that surprised when I showed him pictures of the hail stones and he took copies.

I hope you’re fully covered by the Insurance company Eddie.

[Andrew Walker]

It was pouring rain when i was at Bondi Junction at around 11.45 am today.

Yes I was just posting a bit late due to being very busy

[horrie hastings]

The rain has started here in the Eastern Suburbs

It was pouring rain when i was at Bondi Junction at around 11.45 am today.

[Andrew Walker]

The rain has started here in the Eastern Suburbs

[eddie]

Regarding the bad storms earlier this year, I finally bit the bullet and rang the insurance company.
The bloke they sent out to inspect reckons my entire roof needs to be replaced, he wasn't that surprised when I showed him pictures of the hail stones and he took copies.

[mightyrooster]

Cooler today and a few showers to start the day. Clearing up now.

[horrie hastings]

Beautiful autumnal day in Sydney, the breeze was a little cool but lovely in the sun, not to hot, poolside at the stadium was a delight and not crowded.

[mightyrooster]

Damn that's crazy!!! TBH based on my repairs of retro electronics, it's kinda sad that we simply don't circuit level repairs anymore. So much waste when somebody's probably just gotta clean the board up and replace a few 50c components.

Hope you're warm this winter. Also remember you can get those interest free loans on new units. We have a 60's house but insulated it and installed modern aircon units... IMO Canberra winters don't have to be cold.

The service guy said it’s very common apparently. One of his most common call outs are for fried circuit boards caused by lizards, geckos, mice, moths etc getting in the heater unit. We still had the power to the heater switched on outside even though it was summer and were obviously not using the heater, but we used the indoor control thermostat panel to display the house temperature. One day the electricity circuit tripped and we had a blackout to part of the house. Hubby went out to the fuse box to flick the switch back on. I then noticed later that day that the heater thermostat panel was dead, nothing on the screen. We checked the heater outside and there was a tiny dead lizard in there right next to the circuit board! We won’t be leaving the power switched on during the off season again. I guess we were lucky it was summer.

I do intent to upgrade in the future as our evaporative air con is very old, but we had already committed money to a few other projects before this happened.

[ism22]

Will have to wait. I booked a service guy who’s going to put in a recycled second hand circuit board so will be cheaper. It comes with a 12 month warranty so should last another winter. I plan to upgrade the ceiling insulation this year and then maybe look to get a new reverse cycle cooling / heating system at the end of the year. I can’t believe a tiny little lizard could cause so much damage. To buy a brand new circuit board would have cost about $1,500 installed!

By the way, the weather today was fantastic. Early Autumn is my favourite time of year in Canberra.

Damn that's crazy!!! TBH based on my repairs of retro electronics, it's kinda sad that we simply don't circuit level repairs anymore. So much waste when somebody's probably just gotta clean the board up and replace a few 50c components.

Hope you're warm this winter. Also remember you can get those interest free loans on new units. We have a 60's house but insulated it and installed modern aircon units... IMO Canberra winters don't have to be cold.