January 16, 201412 yr This is how we heat our home and our water. [ATTACH=CONFIG]42410[/ATTACH] That's not a very big house. :banana:
January 16, 201412 yr What do you keep your thermostat on? Would gas heat be a cheaper option? Friends of mine that have gas heat say so. In my old house, I had natural gas for the furnace and water heater. In our current home, we have all electric. I compared my first year of bills at the new house with my last year of bills at the old place, and the bills only increased slightly, and the new house was double the square feet. This was 5/6 years ago, and the all electric was cheaper.
January 16, 201412 yr I have gas and electric, and had a house full of inlaws for a week. $350 for this month's bill. Could have burnt one of the inlaws in the fireplace, probably saved $25.
January 16, 201412 yr In my old house, I had natural gas for the furnace and water heater. In our current home, we have all electric. I compared my first year of bills at the new house with my last year of bills at the old place, and the bills only increased slightly, and the new house was double the square feet. This was 5/6 years ago, and the all electric was cheaper. Really can't compare two different houses, even on square ft as so much depends on the efficiency of the units in place, insulation and windows, and the landscaping and direction various rooms face. On the whole natural gas tends to be cheaper, all other things being equal.
January 16, 201412 yr Good night are all of you guys on DUKE. I have gas heat and am never home so its set on about 50 for most of the day, but my electric bill was only $92.00. (note on Duke BTW)
January 16, 201412 yr Mine's never been over $120. Usually about $60-$70. Only time mine reaches over $120 is in the summer if I am home alot and the AC is cranked.
January 16, 201412 yr Good night are all of you guys on DUKE. I have gas heat and am never home so its set on about 50 for most of the day, but my electric bill was only $92.00. (note on Duke BTW) Duke bought Florida Progress a while back, but I get my juice from Kentucky coal. TECO Coal to be exact. Tampa Electric Company feeds the beast. We don't use heat much here, so I only have electric. Bills range from $90 in the winter to $250 in the summer.
January 16, 201412 yr Would gas heat be a cheaper option? Friends of mine that have gas heat say so. I am pretty sure heating with Natural Gas will be cheaper than heating with electricity 99% of the time. Electricity is pretty efficient at lighting but not as efficient heating. Generally gas will be more efficient which is someone what odd being that much of the heat escapes from whatever you call the pipe the exhaust escapes from. A flue? I am brain dead at the moment. I know some people thing when the turn their gas furnace down a few degrees and run electric space heaters in the room they are presently in, they assume they are saving money but not much at all really. At work the thermostat sits at 50 (live alone, no since providing comfort to an empty house) and I am fine at 60 wearing heavy sweatshirts and such.
January 17, 201412 yr Only time mine reaches over $120 is in the summer if I am home alot and the AC is cranked. Mine is pretty close to that normally, I can get to $150 on high usage months. Some of you guys must have BIG houses.
January 17, 201412 yr I have gas and electric, and had a house full of inlaws for a week. $350 for this month's bill. Could have burnt one of the inlaws in the fireplace, probably saved $25.
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