So Dan, are you saying comparing electric to electric, that the heat is more expensive to run than an electric heater?
-----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 6:32 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] What Do You Want Information ON? Do you want to know if a heat pump is more energy efficient, or cheaper than gas? Those are different questions. If you want to know if it is cheaper, a big part of that would be based on how much do you pay per KW of electricity, and MCF of gas. Max, so KW for KW would a heat pump use less energy to heat a home than just straight electric heat? With electric heat, nearly 100% of the energy is going into heat. With a heat pump, you are having to spend energy on compressors and such just to drive the system. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> Tel: (412) 268-9081
