Perhaps a "Southern Democrat"?? Sorry to hear about your loss. Coal mining is tough. Coal heat is great.And yet they elect a Dem as governor....???My grandfather was a 9 yr old breakerboy at Monongah in 1907. He was sick that day and his mom kept him home. 3 uncles were lost in the worst disaster in US history.
Yep, if he hadn't been sick that day, I wouldn't be here to harrass everyone! Coal mining is VERY tough work. I think every Congressman should spend a month working in the mines as a prerequisite for runnng for office. 362 people OFFICIALLY died that day but the number is probably double that because they didn't count or even know how many children were helping their dad's and they didn't count the mule team handlers and other 'unofficial' helpers.
Using this calculator a mini-split only cost about 20% more than coal to operate. About $1200 per Yr vs $1000 for the coal stove. The mini split beats out wood at $200 per cord and pellets at 200 a ton. And thats not the most efficient model.
Not as pricy as a coal stove! And you cant get cold air from a coal stove in summer.
Even at $200 a ton, realize that you have almost twice the btus per ton as pellets. Use any fuel comparison chart to see that you are still way ahead of pellet heads and electron suckers.
Here's one:
Every heat cost app iv tried gives me a different result. But i do know one thing for sure ,my wood stove uses FREE wood so that is hard to beat.
Like I said, most don't take efficiency losses in duct work into consideration and that is a VERY important part of the equation.
Yes, it certainly would be. Experiment with the link that I posted and look at the efficiency losses for various sealed and insulated systems in unheated and heated spaces. It's pretty sobering (not that being sober is better!).
I was born and raised in Pottstown! Rode my bike to the airport in Stowe all the time to watch the planes.
. My main duct for my upstairs goes into the attic basically up through the middle of the house and 6 ft in 4 directions for the rooms upstairs. When it was 95F out I decided to measure the temp drop the closest vent to the unit was 49F the furthest run was 53F. Ill have to try it when its -5F outside and see what the diff is. Interesting link...
Heat pump efficiencies can be 200-300% over standard electric resistance. Simply change the 100% in the electric chart to the heat pump rated efficiency.Good MIni splits are 200% and up. And there is no ductwork loss at all.Geo thermal is high but the up -front installation cost is sometimes a killer.
