I'd believe natural gas was 1/4 electric. My 1200 sqft house is ~$60 in gas and my 900 sqft shop is $50 for a 2018 heat pump. (Dec-Feb).
On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 10:47 AM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote: > That said, the last time I checked, propane and wood pellets cost half > that of electricity for heating. And natural gas was half that again. So > natural gas vs electric heat pump for heating would probably be the same > energy cost. > > > > *From:* Chuck McCown via AF > *Sent:* Thursday, January 20, 2022 8:40 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Major off topic. Off grid home > > 3.41 BTU per watt for resistive heating. Heat pump gives you way more > heat per watt. That is why most of the electric cars have gone to heat > pumps for the heater. The heat pump Tesla will run the heater for 36 hours > and still leave you with enough battery to get home in many cases. > > Chuck McCown > McCown Technology Corporation > 8401 N Commerce Dr > Lake Point, Utah 84074 > 801-250-9503 > 435-830-4306 cell > www.mccowntech.com > www.microtrench-blades.com > www.terabitnetworks.com > > *From:* Robert > *Sent:* Thursday, January 20, 2022 7:11 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Major off topic. Off grid home > > The $800 mini-splits I am looking at put out about 6K BTU's of heat on 400 > Watts. The home depot $300 heaters put out 5K BTU's but require 1500 > watts.. Not going to do well in the winter overnight off grid... And no > a/c in the summer... > > On 1/20/22 5:53 AM, Jan-GAMs wrote: > > $1895? For a one room ac/heater? Home Depot has something similar for > $300. Is it the decal? Hood ornament? > On 1/19/22 05:13, Zach Underwood wrote: > > If you have not already gotten the mini splits take a look at > https://www.hotspotenergy.com/solar-air-conditioner/ > It has direct PV inputs when sunny it would put no load on your inverter > IT can be put in solar only mode where it will scale the cool/heat output > to match the power it is getting PV > It can run overnight if you wish by giving in 240volt AC connection. > > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 7:08 PM Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am working on my first off grid home, and hope to do another in the >> future somewhere more northerly.. This one is in the sunbelt of N. >> Nevada and currently I have 4K of solar feeding a 30KW LFP battery bank >> through currently a Victron charge controller and a couple midnight >> solar inverters to generate a flawed 220 as well as two sides of 110. ( >> the 220 will not run the well controller even though supposedly >> configured for such. ) I am upgrading the inverters and controller to >> a >> >> https://www.signaturesolar.com/products/8kw-48v-240vac-split-phase-120a-250vdc-off-grid-inverter-by-growatt >> >> planning on doing a couple 9K mini-splits for heating/cooling. >> >> I wonder if this group has some gotchas that I might learn from in >> advance before I buy myself into a corner... I'm all ears.. >> >> thanks!! >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > -- > Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) > My website <http://zachunderwood.me> > advance-networking.com > > > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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