I would have thought natural gas would be cheaper where you live due to all the producing wells..
On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 3:21 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > One more thing, I will say it has been much cheaper with the heat pump > than in our other house which is newer and smaller using gas. Our winter > electric bill here is usually around $200 a month. Our electric bill there > was probably around $130-160 and gas was about $160. So a slight increase > in electric but totally cutting out the gas bill. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 17, 2021, at 2:15 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > They do sell dual fuel models that have a gas furnace built in. I have > not dug into it in depth as to exactly how much more expensive they are. In > my case it would have to be setup for propane and would need to have a tank > and line installed. I an ideal world i would install a tank, run the line > out to the shop to run the heaters there, install backup gen and have it > run off the propane, then run a line into the house to use for cooking > instead of electric. Perhaps when the heat pump needs to be replaced get a > dual fuel unit depending on the additional cost. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Feb 17, 2021, at 2:06 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> So here is a small example of the Texas situation. Do you as a > homeowner go out and spend say $10k to install a propane backup system, tie > it into your heat pump system, for the minimal amount of time you might > need it when the temps are below 10F or so, which happens infrequently, or > do you just deal with infrequent cold spells like that however you can, > maybe some marginal upgrades or nothing at all. It's your money, how do > you want to use it? > >> > >> --FT > >> > >>>> On 2/17/21 2:57 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > >>> This has been the first time dealing with a heat pump at this low of > temps. Basically my observation is that is seems to heat fine without any > aux heat at around 22 and above. From about 12 to 22 heats but uses aux > heat occasionally. 6 to 12 heats but uses aux heat frequently. And below 6 > starts getting to the point heat but is not producing heat and starts going > into low pressure lockout, using full time aux heat. Fortunately around > here is stays over 20 most of time. > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >>>> O > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
