On 11/26/2012 5:17 PM, chaniarts wrote:
On 11/25/2012 2:40 PM, Normin wrote:

If your current yearly heating bill is $1000 and you have an 80%
efficient furnace,

$800 is used for heat and $200 is wasted out the exhaust.



With a 95% efficient furnace,

$800 is still used for heat but only $42 is wasted out the exhaust.


Your yearly heat bill drops to $842 yielding a $158 per year savings.

Over the next 15 years you'll save $2370 in fuel. If fuel prices go up,
you'll save even more.

Can you really afford an 80% efficient furnace?


you're installing it in a vacation house, that you use every summer, and
perhaps 2-3 weekends of the year in the winter time.

so you save $10 over the course of a year. still a good buy?

A basic 60,000 btu 80% efficiency gas furnace is about $650

A basic 60,000 btu 95% efficiency gas furnace is about $900

It's only $250 difference, you prolly drop that much on a night on the town.

Besides, if you can afford two houses, you must be a wealthy Romney
supporter. Obviously you can afford an energy efficient furnace for your
luxury vacation home. Stop crying.