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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on December 19, 2007, 10:18 pm
>I have a home in Eastern Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia, PA) and it has a
>central HVAC that has an electric heat pump for heat. There is no natural
>gas supply to the house or in the neighborhood.
>
> What I am wondering is whether there would be advantages to switching to
> propane gas heat (cost or other advantages). I was also thinking that in
> the event of an extended electric power failure in the winter, if I had a
> propane powered backup generator, I could use the propane to generate
> electricity for lights etc. and to power the home's propane gas heater
> motor to keep the house heated.
>
> Just wondering what others think of this idea.
Sounds expensive. First step is to do a cost comparison between electric
and propane in your area to see what, if any, the cost advantage is.
How often and how long are power outages? Every time I see one of those
little Honda generators I think it would be nice to have in a power failure.
Fact is, in my entire 62 years we've only ever had an outage lasting more
than two hours one time after a hurricane. That was about 24 hours out.
Given the past record, I'll take my chances. OTOH, if you have frequent and
long outages, it would sure be nice to have a generator. We don't know your
circumstances.
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Ed
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