Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
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ANOTHER SEPERATE ISSUE, a friend said she will just use space heaters
in limited areas, to keep the forced air gas furnace set at 60
degreees to save bucks.

but most likely because electric is so expensive it will actually cost
her more.

electric heat is costlyt

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Some places still have rates of 8¢ for electric while oil is $4+, narrowing
the gap. It is not so much a Btu for Btu exchange, but if you can use
10,000 Btu of electric and not run a boiler or furnace burning 50,000 Btu
heating unused space, there is a savings.


At $3.85/gal for #2 oil in an 80% efficient furnace and $0.089/kw/hr in
a 100% efficient electric heater, electric heating is only 3% more
expensive. When this is viewed in light of your observation that with
electric heaters only the area being used is heated, electric heat is
the most cost effective by a wide margin. Of course for other energy
source costs the conclusion will change.

Boden