RE: [UC] Electric Heat

[Clinton, J. Scott]

Title: Message

the unit you are refering to is a Heat Pump.  Again, they are generally not optimal for this climate and most in this climate will also have electric resistance heat to "boost" the output.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mario Giorno [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 4:19 PM
To: 'Clinton, J. Scott'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [UC] Electric Heat

Clinton,

 

    I've seen units that are fastened to walls that kick out both hot and cool air. They seem to have pipe work that goes to a machine outside of a house or building and is actively converting the air. It was referred to as, and forgive my lack of proper jargon, a mini-something-or-other. The convector unit outside the house looked like it was using freon like a window air conditioner and was electric powered. Have you seen or heard of these machines?

 

 

Mario "Thinking Green" Giorno

-----Original Message-----
From: Clinton, J. Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 3:54 PM
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Subject: [UC] Electric Heat

Or in a slightly more polite way:

 

Yes, you can buy electric resistance heating for your home.  Generally you can buy electric baseboard radient heaters very inexpensively.  You will, however, find that the cost per kW/h is extremely high when compared with fosil fuels.  Electric radient heat is popular in places like southern Florida where it doesn't really get that cold that often and the cost of installing it is much lower than a hot air or hot water system.

 

For us here in Philadelphia, "fugetaboutit".

 

-j. scott clinton

 

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Subject: SPAM SPAM -- [UC] Electric Heat: A Heating System for the Insane

All-electric heating for a home?  Have you lost your mind?

 

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Mario Giorno
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 2:40 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 'Naomi'
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Subject: RE: [UC] Oil vs. Gas Heat

Does anyone on the list know if there is an all-electric heating system for homes?

Mario Giorno

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 12:51 PM
To: Naomi
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Subject: Re: [UC] Oil vs. Gas Heat

I suggest you go to: www.heatinghelp.com and click on "the wall" where you can post your question. This site is frequented by some very bright heating experts. I have gotten some priceless advice from them re: my old steam system.

Wes LaBlanc

-------------- Original message from Naomi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: --------------

I am in the process of purchasing a UC house that needs the 50 year-old gas heater replaced. We are considering switching to oil - or some other way to heat that does not rely on a monopoly like PGW - and wanted to solicit opinions. (Has anyone done this recently? Any success or horror stories?)

We have a few factors that we are basing our decision on:

The Environment
- Which has more of an impact? (Our initial thought was that gas was cleaner but I'm guessing that gas and oil come from the same base ingredient and I have no idea what is involved on the back end to turn it into gas.) Are there any other realistic alternatives?

Cost
- We're not wealthy. And the house needs a lot of additional work right away. Both the conversion/upgrade and the long term use need to be competitively priced.

Convenience & Ease of use
- Is it relatively easy to maintain? When there is a problem, will people actually come to fix it?
 

Any and all opinions appreciated. (And if I missed any big factors, feel free to let me know what I haven't considered yet.)

Thanks.

Naomi

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