I posted a couple days ago about the cost of supplemental heat with a infared heater. Want opinions:
house: 1976 typical colonial (all cut up) 2500 sq ft...4 bed rooms up. new windows, lots of insulation in attic...walls (whatever was put in in 1976) brick ext on 1st floor & alum siding on second floor
sometimes when it gets colder 25* or below i have a hard time getting the upstairs warm with the insert in the 1st floor family room.
Will i save $ if:
9:30 pm...cut t-stat to whole house to 58* (usually have it at 65*) furnace is 2005 comfort maker LP gas (2.29 gallon) 92% efficiency
9:30 pm....turn on infared heater in hallway upstairs...open 2 bedroom doors that need heat (with hallway and 2 bedrooms approx 650 sq ft)...set heater t-stat to 65*
4:45 am....have t-stat on whole house come on set to 65*
I figured out (with your guys help) that it would cost bout $1.45-1.60 to run the infared heater for 8 hrs at night continuously...i think it will not run continuously since i set the t-stat at 65*.
Would i save money doing this or not?
When house furnace has to go from 58* to 65* in morning am i wasting too much propane ($2.29 gallon) and electric (to run blower motor). how do i figure the cost to run my LP gas furnace with accounting for the electric blower motor...so i can compare the two (furnace operation vs infared heater for 8 hrs)
house: 1976 typical colonial (all cut up) 2500 sq ft...4 bed rooms up. new windows, lots of insulation in attic...walls (whatever was put in in 1976) brick ext on 1st floor & alum siding on second floor
sometimes when it gets colder 25* or below i have a hard time getting the upstairs warm with the insert in the 1st floor family room.
Will i save $ if:
9:30 pm...cut t-stat to whole house to 58* (usually have it at 65*) furnace is 2005 comfort maker LP gas (2.29 gallon) 92% efficiency
9:30 pm....turn on infared heater in hallway upstairs...open 2 bedroom doors that need heat (with hallway and 2 bedrooms approx 650 sq ft)...set heater t-stat to 65*
4:45 am....have t-stat on whole house come on set to 65*
I figured out (with your guys help) that it would cost bout $1.45-1.60 to run the infared heater for 8 hrs at night continuously...i think it will not run continuously since i set the t-stat at 65*.
Would i save money doing this or not?
When house furnace has to go from 58* to 65* in morning am i wasting too much propane ($2.29 gallon) and electric (to run blower motor). how do i figure the cost to run my LP gas furnace with accounting for the electric blower motor...so i can compare the two (furnace operation vs infared heater for 8 hrs)