Timeline for Cost effectiveness of fireplace with insert vs electric furnace
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| Jan 17, 2018 at 19:47 | comment | added | dandavis | yes, that's what the numbers show at least. your results may somewhat vary depending on a million things. you could find a time when you have two days with equal hi/lo temps, and use one fuel exclusively each day, measuring and summing up the fuel used, to calculate an actual cost/day on your house of each fuel. | |
| Jan 17, 2018 at 19:25 | comment | added | Denis W | So you are saying that if I can get wood at $150/cord (instead of $300 since wood burning is 50% efficient) or less: It will break even cost/efficiency-wise? I agree the wood cost is high. | |
| Jan 17, 2018 at 19:19 | vote | accept | Denis W | ||
| Jan 17, 2018 at 9:52 | comment | added | Ken | At that rate the op needs to go around the neighborhood looking for downed trees that they can cut up for firewood - then it is probably cheaper. | |
| Jan 17, 2018 at 3:48 | history | answered | dandavis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |