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January 26th, 2017, 08:56 PM #10
Re: electric heat problems?
There were the cheap resistive base boards with the basic Honeywell thermostats when we moved in years ago and no wood stove. One month that winter we had a $900 electric bill.
We replaced them with a combination of Fahrenheat and Cadet Softheat hydronic base board heaters along with a woodstove.
What really made the difference is 7 day programmable thermostats. Once they were dialed in, the house is always comfortable and very economical considering it’s base board heating.
The heaters run only when you want and our unused upstairs rooms only heat if the temp drops to 50 and you can set that lower if you want. Upstairs bathroom heat only runs two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening.
From Dec 2012 to the billing cycle that ended yesterday avg annual monthly cost was $218.91 for the same size (2600 sf) house. This is an alternative to heat pump or mini-split systems, but relies on the wood stove to supplement heating.
Here are the thermostats:
http://www.supplyhouse.com/Honeywell...FRBXDQod6doHhg
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