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Old 12-23-09, 12:04 PM   #6
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Default Speak of the devil !

The oil truck came today and delivered 73.4 gallons.
The last fill up was back on 10-19-09, 66 days ago.
That comes out to about 1.112 gallons per day. (About 1 hour burner run time).
This only slightly more than we use in the summer (for hot water).

Cost @ $2.39 a gallon is $2.65768 per day.

Last winter, we were burning between 2 and 3 gallons a day.
(Plus we were also using resistance space heaters too).

So, by not using the oil heat very much, we are seeing better than 50% savings.
And, of course we aren't using as much electricity either!
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