• Kattiydid@slrpnk.net
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    27 days ago

    If you’d like the tldr, basically the month they compared to in the graphic was the month that they were out of town for 3 weeks so they used significantly less energy that month. When compared to a previous year 's data they saved 89% in energy. It did cost more though, because electric prices are increasing and electricity costs more than gas in their area.

    Definitely something to keep an eye on and understand if you’re trying to electrify, if you’re doing it for savings, not for the health of the planet, make sure that your energy usage in gas would not be cheaper than your energy usage in electricity for the same amount of heat. Probably worth it for them in the long run because they caught that the furnace had a issue with the exhaust being pumped into the crawl space under the home which would definitely cause health problems later on, which in America would be very expensive healthcare wise.

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      27 days ago

      One thing people should remember if they’re looking at this is that electricity costs more than gas in many areas, but a heat pump will require only something like 1/3-1/4 of the kWh to get the same effect as a gas boiler. So people should take that into account: work out your annual gas kWh consumption from past bills, find out what this would cost in electricity and then divide by something like 3.5