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Is any one familiar with these hydrosil baseboard heaters? Manufacturer claims they are energy efficient and can save money.
http://www.hydrosil.com/
I may want to use these in a basement if they come recommended by anyone.
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Is any one familiar with these hydrosil baseboard heaters? Manufacturer claims they are energy efficient and can save money.
http://www.hydrosil.com/
I may want to use these in a basement if they come recommended by anyone.
By considering things like energy-efficient mechanicals, window orientation, and renewable energy sources, homes can be evaluated to meet the energy codes. Here's what the IRC has to say.
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These are electric baseboards. Very efficient, but heating with electricity is usually the most expensive way to go. How is the rest of your house heated? How much does electricity cost in your area? How often do you plan to be where these would be installed?
I have a house built in 1971, that originally had all electric baseboard heat. I converted to lp because natural gas is not availble, with a forced air furncae. January heating bills will all electric was $200-250. With lp GFH, about $75-100.
Benefits of EBH, ease of installation (1 20A 240V circuit would probably be all you need), ease of zoning.
*I always have to smile when I see manufacture's claims of energy efficient electric heaters. They come up with all sorts of gizzmos and buzz-mumble jargon to make it sound like electric heat isn't electric heat. You'll get the same total amount of heat out a cheap baseboard heater. You will save money if you don't have the heater on when you don't need it, which is basically hydrosil's energy savings argument, but any themostatically controlled heater provides this. There could be a comfort benefit of the variable wattage element and Hydosil's units may be very well made, but the bottom line is electric heat is not efficient. You just don't see the inefficiency directly (power plants do). I'd save up for alternate means of real efficiency like tightening the envelope, insulation, etc.FWIT,SteveW
*Thanks Tim & Steve, I ran this by my brother who is an engineer and he said basically what you guys did.Thanks again.
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Is any one familiar with these hydrosil baseboard heaters? Manufacturer claims they are energy efficient and can save money.
http://www.hydrosil.com/
I may want to use these in a basement if they come recommended by anyone.