11-13-09, 05:41 AM | #1 |
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Cost of oil heat vs. air-to-air Heat Pump
Reading here,
Don’t Feed the Alligators home heating oil I found this: "(140,000 BTU/gal) X (.86) / ($2.45/gal) = 49,959 BTU/dollar" So, it seems you can get about 25,000 BTUh for 50 cents.. Humm, If it's not too cold out, I think it's possible to get 25,000 BTU out of my Sanyo heat pump for the same price.. (2.5kW @ 20 cents per KWh). It seems like the oil heat advantage is fading away.. |
11-13-09, 08:10 AM | #2 |
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It would be interesting to see how that comparison works from last year which I'd imagine had higher oil prices, to this year which I'm guessing will be a bit lower.
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U.S. retail heating oil price up for 5th week: Government | Reuters We got about 200 gallons (first winter fillup) last month and it was $2.30 because we paid early and got a dime off the regular price of $2.40 |
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05-22-11, 09:29 AM | #4 |
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Just looking at my last few oil bills..
11/04/2010 78 gal @ $2.59 12/30/2010 70 gal @ $2.89 02/10/2011 101 gal @ $3.25 05/20/2011 74 gal @ $3.49 During the last 200 days, I think we may have burned about 245 gallons of oil (About $860 at today's prices). This use is a combination of heating hot water and some space heating. That's 1.225 gallons per day on average. I expect we will be using < half that much, now that it's warmer out, and hot water use is 1/2 gal per day. At 1/2 gallon per day, that's 182.5 gallons per year. (for hot water only). If the average oil price was $3.05 per gallon, that's $556.62 per year. I guess $46.39 per month isn't that bad for hot water.. Humm, if I invested $1200 to $1500 in technology to cut my hot water heating bill by 50 to 75 percent, the break-even point isn't too far down the road.. Of course, if oil prices remain stable.. LOL!! |
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