Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bruce Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: OT- Cat warming onraised hearth Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:15:10 +1100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 02:15:15 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="88a4c2e1b47ea1e211ea48440f3af0e8"; logging-data="790977"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/wLdFsqbaruNtJQBkVLW1q" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:qu5g42vCrg+N6HYKpfrtxbHW6Lw= On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 01:13:13 -0000 (UTC), "Carol" wrote: >Jill McQuown wrote: > >> On 2/20/2025 5:32 PM, Carol wrote: >> > This is my cat Luko (age 17) who has discovered Kittah heaven. >> > >> > https://postimg.cc/vctw8d2T >> > >> > https://postimg.cc/Y4nprw9Y >> > >> > It's not that dusty BTW, the camera just picks it up that way. >> >> You've mentioned having to use the fireplace due to the snow and cold. >> >> At least the cat hasn't caught on fire. :) >> >> Jill > >Yes on the heat. Heat pumps suck in 8F-24F which is what we had for 5 >days. I even got an electric bill of 174$ (Aux heat). The fireplace >knocked it down a lot. Today with panels melted off I pulled 28.9 kwh >(more than we use in 24hours in winter) butfor 4 days, got none. > >The seller was accurate BTW. He said 1/4 inch would just melt off but >at about 1 inch, it won't get much and over 1 inch, nothing. So 12 >inches, had to wait to melt off and that was today. > >Looked to me like you only got cold rain? The breakline kept shifting >about so wasn't sure if you didn't get a little to look pretty or not. Ok, keep us posted. -- Bruce