That's completely up to you, Andrea. If it's too hot for you to comfortably go out to dead head, let them be. They've existed forever before us and will likely outlive us. They may not conform as well to our artificial sense of "beauty" with dead flowers on them, but they will survive. Ideally, it's during the worst of the heat. But, again, it depends upon what you can "give yourself permission" to do. I have a very dear friend who tends to overload herself. She sets (in my opinion) unrealistic goals for each gardening (and other) day. Often, it would take a crew of workers to accomplish what she's set for herself to do. When she "fails", she tends to be pretty hard on herself. I admit, I've done that to myself, also and I find many others who also tend to follow that pattern. Guess what? You don't HAVE to. Set goals, by all means, but make them realistic. If it's too hot to dead head, don't. If you would benefit more from soaking in a cool tub instead of sweating in the garden dead heading, go soak. As long as the garden is going to survive, it doesn't HAVE to look "perfect" all the time. It's only WE who see it as less than perfect. Passers by see the riot of color, the tapestry of textures and most don't even know to look for anything we find "imperfect". If those plants were out "in the wild", no one would be removing the spent flowers. We do to appeal to our artificial sense of beauty and perfection, and to push them to repeat their bloom. The plants don't actually require it. Do what you can permit yourself to do, at least during the worst of the conditions. Kim

Hi Sunseeker, No I had no idea that John gave it the name CS2. That's interesting. I was hoping it had a fragrance but even if it doesn't I wanted it for the flower color and the size of the inflos which I heard are humungous. Well, that's what Sonia said. She said she had one that was something like 11 inches. To me that sounds to good to be true. I am really excited now so thanks for the pictures. I will be buggin you about the Scentsational. That may be a purchase for next year! Hi Laura, How are ya? My Kaneohe Sunburst has an inflo on the tip but so far, just a few light brown bumps on the bottom. I am also hoping mine will root. It looks good right now. If something happens to yours Laura, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!! I will gladly give you a cutting as soon as I can. If it were not for you, I wouldn't even have it, along with the other cuttings you so graciously sent to me from the costa Mesa sale! Your such a sewwt heart, and a great friend! How's the Leela coming along? The 3 Black/Reds(Hilo Beauty) from Mimi are coming along. They all have white bumps on the base of the cuttings but there so SLOW to send out actual roots. As soon as they do though, one of them will be headed to it's new home in Virginia BEach!! Ooh, Sunseeker, I cannot download pics on my computer right now but if I can get to another computer, I will take pics and download them. Take care everybody, and Happy plumeria growing!! Andrew

Thanks Baldloonie and Tigerdunes for your responses. I live in the Orlando area of Central Florida and it does get hot here. From June thru September rarely a day under 90. The Model number of my Lennox is 12HPB6010P. As far as efficiency, I don't know what to compare it to. My electric bill is about $150 more per month in the summer months. i.e. $150 Winter, $300 Summer. The builder determined the original size of the HVAC system but I don't know how they did it. Doing a Manual J heat/gain loss calculation is beyond my capabilities. I don't even know what the difference in a 3 4 or 5 TON system is. After what I have learned by reading posts and the responses on this forum, I am realizing this is a complex subject. I hate to be hostage to what the salesman tells me and the way he states it I have no other alternative than what he recommends and still be able to get the Fed Tax Credit. The one alternative I have is to keep what I have. I still have 3 years left on the Parts and Service Warranty so that is a plus. Anyway, thanks again for all the help.

You obviously have a short somewhere in the low voltage side going to the contactor..or maybe the contactor itself. *** Turn power off to unit*** Pull the two low voltage wires off each side of the contactor. Put a piece of tape covering the terminals so they wont touch something and short out. Replace the fuse. Turn power back on and turn to cool. If the fuse doesnt pop, its in the contactor. If it still blows, trace each one of the low voltage wires you disconnected from the contactor and find the bare wire. If you cant find anything & it's still blowing fuses, disconnect all the wires to the LVTB (low voltage terminal board), turn power on and then jump between R&Y terminals. If the unit fires up, its either in the t-stat wire or in the T-stat itself. *** Be careful... High voltage is everywhere ! *** Hope this helps