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- From: rees@pisa.citi.umich.edu (Jim Rees)
- Subject: Re: Old Apollo system wanted....
- Message-ID: <5aa3c1f3.1bc5b@pisa.citi.umich.edu>
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- Organization: University of Michigan IFS Project
- References: <1992Aug13.160654.21360@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <5a8a88e9.1bc5b@pisa.citi.umich.edu> <1992Aug18.172226.908@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 20:44:28 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug18.172226.908@u.washington.edu>, davidb@zeus.ce.washington.edu (David W. Barts) writes:
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- With power consumption like that, you can also sell your old furnace
- since you won't be needing it any more.
-
- Exactly. Last winter I turned the thermostat down to 58F (that's about 14C)
- and slept in the computer room. My gas bill was under $600 for the year,
- and that included $180 for hot water and $120 for the pilot light in my old
- octopus furnace. We won't go into my electric bill.
-
- In fact, I'm having my furnace removed next week. And I live in Michigan.
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