terry wrote:
On Sep 6, 1:16 pm, dpb wrote:
terry wrote:

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Conventional (incandescent) bulbs in this home contribute heat to our
residence which directly offsets the electric heating; so it is not
really wasted. ...
Of course, those same incandescents add the same heat in the warm months
as well, so the benefit in the winter may be canceled by higher cooling
load in the summer...

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Yes dpb; that could be true.

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So very rarely does anyone here have or use AC units (unless it is one
of those reverse cycle heat pumps for heating the house in winter) and
doubt even then that they would keep changing back and forth between
heating and cooling modes?
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The point is it may work in your locale, but as an overall plan it may
not have much net effect on reducing consumption on a more global scale...

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