if you feel like its a big waste why do you do it then. doesnt feel like a waste when i do it. if i felt that way i wouldnt even do it.Kenster said:Not to mention my house is in the high 80's! I dont even sleep with blankets any more.
I can't imagine why in the world anyone would want to heat their house up into the high 80s! We would be miserable, for one thing. We pray for winter to get OUT of heat like that. And the cost to heat that house to those temps? Mercy. It would be easier and a lot cheaper to just put on a sweater and use a blanket. Even if you scrounge like me and never buy wood, you still have a lot of time and labor and some expense to bring in and process wood. Just seems like a big waste on many levels. But that's just me.
GatorDL55 said:NG prices aren't gonna take any big jumps for along time.
I have alot of investments in NG and am well informed. There's so much gas sitting under us that it wood blow yur mind.
If gas was coming in on my road ,I wood B the first to hook up,,,,, AND eye'm the woodman!
ecocavalier02 said:if you feel like its a big waste why do you do it then. doesnt feel like a waste when i do it. if i felt that way i wouldnt even do it.Kenster said:Not to mention my house is in the high 80's! I dont even sleep with blankets any more.
I can't imagine why in the world anyone would want to heat their house up into the high 80s! We would be miserable, for one thing. We pray for winter to get OUT of heat like that. And the cost to heat that house to those temps? Mercy. It would be easier and a lot cheaper to just put on a sweater and use a blanket. Even if you scrounge like me and never buy wood, you still have a lot of time and labor and some expense to bring in and process wood. Just seems like a big waste on many levels. But that's just me.
cycloxer said:I paid $1.54 per therm in Oct-10 from nationalgrid. I used 34 therms for a whopping total bill of $52. This is one of the lowest cost per therms I have paid over the past 5 years. The range has been $1.17 to $3 per therm. So right now I use NG to keep the house at 65 and use the wood stove in the evenings to boost the living room to 70-72. I still get my nice fire, but I am not burning up all of my wood. It's a win-win strategy.
Don2222 said:Hello
Natural Gas is the Cheapest form of heat right now!!
See price comparison chart below:
geoffm24 said:Just got my electric bill and it is $45 more then the same month last year running all these fans to move the heat.
I'm glad I like the ambience because so far this thing is costing me a fortune!
Either big fans or a lot of em, my bill is higher than a year ago but they raised the rates again, we are so screwed.geoffm24 said:Just got my electric bill and it is $45 more then the same month last year running all these fans to move the heat.
I'm glad I like the ambience because so far this thing is costing me a fortune!
oldspark said:Either big fans or a lot of em, my bill is higher than a year ago but they raised the rates again, we are so screwed.geoffm24 said:Just got my electric bill and it is $45 more then the same month last year running all these fans to move the heat.
I'm glad I like the ambience because so far this thing is costing me a fortune!
That's interesting, I have never had a fan raise or lower my bill that much!Jags said:oldspark said:Either big fans or a lot of em, my bill is higher than a year ago but they raised the rates again, we are so screwed.geoffm24 said:Just got my electric bill and it is $45 more then the same month last year running all these fans to move the heat.
I'm glad I like the ambience because so far this thing is costing me a fortune!
I actually did the math on a 20" floor fan with a 1/20th HP motor. It COULD cost up to $15 per month of 24 hour operation. Take 3 fans of that size at 24hr operation and $45 is a possible number.
oldspark said:That's interesting, I have never had a fan raise or lower my bill that much!Jags said:oldspark said:Either big fans or a lot of em, my bill is higher than a year ago but they raised the rates again, we are so screwed.geoffm24 said:Just got my electric bill and it is $45 more then the same month last year running all these fans to move the heat.
I'm glad I like the ambience because so far this thing is costing me a fortune!
I actually did the math on a 20" floor fan with a 1/20th HP motor. It COULD cost up to $15 per month of 24 hour operation. Take 3 fans of that size at 24hr operation and $45 is a possible number.
What are the watts on a fan like that and what is the cost of the KW'sJags said:oldspark said:That's interesting, I have never had a fan raise or lower my bill that much!Jags said:oldspark said:Either big fans or a lot of em, my bill is higher than a year ago but they raised the rates again, we are so screwed.geoffm24 said:Just got my electric bill and it is $45 more then the same month last year running all these fans to move the heat.
I'm glad I like the ambience because so far this thing is costing me a fortune!
I actually did the math on a 20" floor fan with a 1/20th HP motor. It COULD cost up to $15 per month of 24 hour operation. Take 3 fans of that size at 24hr operation and $45 is a possible number.
Keep in mind that a 1/20hp 20" floor fan would darn near be of industrial strength. Most folks don't run them 24/7 and most don't use 20" fans. A typical 12" oscillating fan would be rated much lower than this.
oldspark said:What are the watts on a fan like that and what is the cost of the KW'sJags said:oldspark said:That's interesting, I have never had a fan raise or lower my bill that much!Jags said:oldspark said:Either big fans or a lot of em, my bill is higher than a year ago but they raised the rates again, we are so screwed.geoffm24" date="1291787994 said:Just got my electric bill and it is $45 more then the same month last year running all these fans to move the heat.
I'm glad I like the ambience because so far this thing is costing me a fortune!
I actually did the math on a 20" floor fan with a 1/20th HP motor. It COULD cost up to $15 per month of 24 hour operation. Take 3 fans of that size at 24hr operation and $45 is a possible number.
Keep in mind that a 1/20hp 20" floor fan would darn near be of industrial strength. Most folks don't run them 24/7 and most don't use 20" fans. A typical 12" oscillating fan would be rated much lower than this.
RNLA said:I believe if I were to do the math of the heating season this year I might run away scared. I will say that I bought wood this year and I am currently using energy logs like they are going out of style. I do not have enough wood and there is not much insulation in this 1941 house. All this to say it could always be worse. I run my own tree company and I had to buy wood....
Huh, IF all that stuff was free, is the natural gas free also?geoffm24 said:Just got my electric bill which was $40 more then last year running all these fans to move the air around. So at this point if the wood was free, the stove was free, my labor was free, and the install was free I'm still losing money over an efficient natural gas furance.
Well, at least the flames are pretty and the stove room is tostier then it would be normally.......
oldspark said:Huh, IF all that stuff was free, is the natural gas free also?geoffm24 said:Just got my electric bill which was $40 more then last year running all these fans to move the air around. So at this point if the wood was free, the stove was free, my labor was free, and the install was free I'm still losing money over an efficient natural gas furance.
Well, at least the flames are pretty and the stove room is tostier then it would be normally.......
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