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| Thread ID: 144033 | 2017-06-13 02:45:00 | Hot Water Cylinder - Boling | ManUFan (7602) | PC World Chat |
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| 1436472 | 2017-06-18 23:38:00 | Heatpumps are the most efficient form of heating, but people often mistake efficiency for price. They are only cheap when compared to other forms of heating providing the same exact heat output for the same amount of time. A good woodburner can output 16-20KW of heat or more depending on the size and design. An average household heatpump puts out around 6KW of heat in Ideal conditions but depending on the design loses efficiency in very cold weather and might put out a lot less when you need it most. If you have a large area to heat or try to heat a whole house a single heatpump is often not up to the job, especially if the house is not well insulated. One heatpump that is struggling to keep up will run at full tilt and use around 2KW of power @ something like 50c an hour. If you make the mistake of leaving it running 24/7 it could cost you up to $300+ on your power bill. If I lived down south I think a wood burner would be my first choice. I nearly did it here in Hamilton but went with a heatpump instead and haven't regretted it. It's a pet peeve of mine, people who insist running the heatpump 24/7 is the right thing to do. If you are not home heating your house is a waste of money and letting them run full tilt for an hour to warm a house after being out for 8 hours or more is vastly cheaper than heating it all day. I run mine when it's cold, from when I get home until when I go to bed. If it's really cold I have a 1KW panel heater I use just to heat the bedroom. I close off all the rooms I'm not using so I don't waste energy heating them. My power bill goes up by $60-80 a month for the coldest couple of months of the year, a trailer load of wood would cost a similar amount. I am warm and comfortable at home, but there's no need to spend a fortune to be that way IMHO. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1436473 | 2017-06-19 13:45:00 | We have a few aces and shelter belts of Alnus to protect the Flowers we are no longer growing. they are getting quite big and now supply good quantity's of clean burning high heat fuel. Late summer involves felling and splitting next years fire wood which is stored in half of a DIY plastic house. The other half is occupied by last years "crop" which has cooked over the summer. Added bonus is the stumps regenerate quite quickly for future cropping. We have a wood burner that goes 24/7 over the winter, and a system to pipe the ceiling heat to the other end of the house and return down the hall. Cozy as! and carbon neutral. |
Laggard (17509) | ||
| 1436474 | 2017-06-19 13:53:00 | Forgot to mention we have recently installed a small heat pump to COOL us down over summer. No jokes please its in the bedroom. | Laggard (17509) | ||
| 1436475 | 2017-06-19 20:39:00 | Heatpumps .... are only cheap when compared to other forms of heating providing the same exact heat output for the same amount of time. A good woodburner can output 16-20KW of heat or more depending on the size and design. An average household heatpump puts out around 6KW of heat in Yes. |
pctek (84) | ||
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