Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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What are you talking about? This isn't a conspiracy. Both boilers and furnaces are used throughout America and both can be extremely efficient depending on the setup. Both require planning by the...
Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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Here where I live just northeast of Phila; we have to have 10 neighbors on our street agree to bring gas down the street. It’s been done on a few streets. They had to pay PECO to do so, per...
Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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And O.M.G. don't also get me started on windows (and garage doors) - since we're still talking about efficiency of various heating systems.
The primitive sliding "windows" vs. the European,...
Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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In a hydronic system (and one of moderate water temps i.e. 50 Celsius or 120F) the idea is not to keep the boiler-transferred heat in the water that is inside the pipes. That would be inefficient....
Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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Uh, literally the same amount of time. Boilers eventually heat the air. They're not creating a hot water bath for you to sit in. Once the air is hot, the amount of time it stays hit depends on...
Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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Yeah, and how long does that air-driven heat LAST, comparing to hydronic heat?
Also, don't get me started with the stupid hot air climbing up the room and staying high and not uniformly heating a...
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Yes, air has much less thermal conductivity than water. Which is irrelevant for how forced air systems work. Because forced air systems replace the air in a room with higher energy air. They don't...
Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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OP, go with high-efficiency (condensing) 95%+ natural gas boiler, hydronic heating, and modern, high-efficiency, European-like (tall) radiators (which use water of temps less than 60 degrees Celsius,...
Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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That's a cool website. But the claim about 700 gallons of oil per year in NE? That's less than two refills per year. Most of my friends and colleagues go through more than two refills per winter...
Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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this shows how to compare the cost per gallon/btu for the fuels then you need to figure in the efficiency of the burning process.
https://energykinetics.com/savingsheatingfuelcomparisons/
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Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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Contact your local gas company to find out it will depend on how close the gas line is to your street.
Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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I live in Long Island and have oil heating. What's the process to bring NG line? cost involved and time frame? Do I have to petition 10 neighbors which I think is doable? Don't mean to high jack...
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https://www.efficiencymaine.com/at-home/heating-cost-comparison/
Not exactly what you want, but BTU assumptions can be adjusted.
It's very hard to heat with solarpower here in the Midwest. I...
Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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https://www.pickhvac.com/calculator/cost-to-run-heat-pump/
https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/148988/help-me-understand-my-heating-bill-average-cost-per-...
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Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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I'm an engineer so yes I understand there are assumptions to be made, but I'm only looking for ballpark numbers. For example, I know 100% electric resistive heating, while 100% efficient is also...
Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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You'll never find that. It would leave out heating sources like wood stoves and pellet stoves, which are popular options. Unless you want to start calculating the energy density of pellets and oil....
Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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What I'm looking for is not the prices, but rather an efficiency or energy usage of sorts that's all 1:1 comparison.
So assumptions would be, certain home size, certain outdoor and indoor temps...
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The source would be a spreadsheet you compile. You can find estimators of how much energy you'd need and what it would cost for various source (though I'm not sure about aggregated -- usually it's...
Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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An unfortunate side effect of retrofitting (you need to run pipes and power to fans/condensing units).
Source to compare efficiencies of heating methods
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We didn’t have duct work for central ac, but my husband installed it thru the eaves of the house. The same way any HVAC contractor would have done so. Tedious work and dirty work.
We still...
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