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Old 11-06-10, 10:22 AM   #19
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Default Burning oil

We didn't burn much oil during summer 2010. We got our Fall fill-up last week, 78 gallons. ($2.59 per gallon)

Since April 29, (until Nov,3) we used both the manual control & the timer.
6 months, 6 days = 189 days total, for 0.412 gallons ($1.07) per day.

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If we don't get too much super-cold weather this winter, with temps staying
under 10 degrees F, for too many hours,
we should be able to use the Sanyo ASHP to stay warm,
and keep using 0.5 gallons a day (using timer) until the April 2011 fill-up..

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If it's a really bad winter, and the Sanyo averages ~10 kwh per day,
that's going to cost about $2.00/day ($60 per month).

Haha.. That really puts the cost of heating hot water with oil into perspective, eh?

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I should also say, that good solar days will reduce the load on the Sanyo,
(due to southern windows), and may slightly help the daily oil burn, due to the
500w PV heater in the oil burner.
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