osagebow
Minister of Fire
We did that our first few winters also. Pricey!!I may have to temporarily hook up the old 8' electric baseboard heaters that were left in the house when I moved in.
We did that our first few winters also. Pricey!!I may have to temporarily hook up the old 8' electric baseboard heaters that were left in the house when I moved in.
Those things are great backup heat sources. The slightly higher electric bill is cheap insurance. My sisters ranch home is heated with these(electric resistant baseboard) and well insulated. She rarely gets a bill over $200 a month in winter. But If you have a poorly insulated space you will pay dearly.A few years ago, I'd recoil against the idea of using any resistance electric because of the cost. Now when you factor in the efficiency of fuels like propane and oil, electric (in my area anyway) is pretty close to the same cost. Am starting to think about installing some permanently in the bathrooms.
In fact, if this winter continues on it's same plane and there are additional fuel shortages and spikes in prices, when I run out of wood (which is coming in about a month, unless there's a very early spring), I may have to temporarily hook up the old 8' electric baseboard heaters that were left in the house when I moved in.
What are plug in stats?
Thanks. I didn't know they existed.
Kero and just bought a small electric today. Going to save kero for power outages, forgot how much I hate the stuff. I have water pipes in unfinished part of basement, were reading 35 on the IR last night.
(Note: that's my original quote.)I may have to temporarily hook up the old 8' electric baseboard heaters that were left in the house when I moved in.
We did that our first few winters also. Pricey!!
But If you have a poorly insulated space you will pay dearly
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