I have a cold room 14 x 10 thought about installing a 220v baseboard heating unit.
My question- is there ever a time where electric baseboard heaters are more cost effective than Gas.??
I lived in one house in NM that was all baseboard heating. I liked the fact that I could turn the heat off in some rooms at night.
I live in the Chicago area
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Not in Chicago
For 10 cents kW-hr elec, NG per hundred cubic feet would need to be over $2.35 for an 80% furnace to be more expensive than baseboard.
"My question- is there ever a time where electric baseboard heaters are more cost effective than Gas.??"
Depends on what you are paying for gas (and if it is propane that is even more) and what you are paying for electric.
And in both cases you need to look at the rate schedule and not just the billed amount and divide by the amount used.
Our electric is on a sliding scale. In the 4 summer months as you use more it increase. In the winter it decreases. The incremental electric used for heating would be less than 4 cents/kWh.
I have not done a recalculation with current rates, but last year electric was about 10% cheaper and gas much higher and at those rates electric resistance heating was clearly ahead.
Now someplace paying 15 cents for electric it is a much different story.
Note that it also depends on the efficiency of the gas furnace.
And as you have mentioned you can turn the heat off in individual rooms as needed.
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
Bill, I'm looking for my last utility bill to see what I pay for electric. I'l check it out.
As for your tag line, I 'd rather say your strong on your principles. Which is ok. I dislike folks who don't believe in something
I checked it out. I'm paying 11.2 cent kwh and about $1 CF gas
So how many btu's do you get out of a CF of gas at 90% vs Kilowatt hour at a baseboard???????????or is this another thread???
1 KW = 3414.5 BTU/hrNG 1000 btu/cu ft.Propane 2500 btu /cu ft.
Does sound right then???????????
Last month I used 11,400 cf of gas or 11,400,000 BTU's
If I used electric I would have used 11,400,000BTU divide by 3413 KWH/BTU = 3340KWH
We're paying 11.2 cent per KWH so 3340 X .112 = $374 vs the $114 I paid for the gas.
Or $114 / 3340 = .034 or I'd have to get my electric at 3.4cents per KWH to be the same as gas
Try this link for some comparisons:
http://www.fngas.com/calculate.html
"Last month I used 11,400 cf of gas or 11,400,000 BTU's"Don't forget that you are only getting 90% of those.The other 10% are going up th flue.So you only need 90% of the electric. But still, in your case, not a winner.That is unless you can keep the rest of the house at say 55 and use electric heat in one room to keep 65..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
Seems right. I pay .04 for KWH. So fo me Electric is cheaper than alternatives .