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!!
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