(quoted from post at 20:11:52 01/26/15)
(quoted from post at 08:55:15 01/26/15)
What is even more crazy is even if I got the best
gas furnace, I would then pay more for
electricity and gas combined.
Nope, if you had natural gas your bill would be about $106. Thats about 36% cheaper than using electric alone.
(quoted from post at 08:55:15 01/26/15)14 years ago, it cost me less than $1000 for
wire, thermostats, circuit breakers and baseboard
heaters to make my house total electric. Already
had electric range, dryer. I did have to buy a
electric water heater.
Kind of an expensive way to go. Roughly speaking, you are overpaying $35 a month. So in the 14 years you overpaid about $6,000, not counting the initial $1,000 you spent or the water heater. Thats some serious coin to give up just for the privilege of having an all electric house....
Then you have to factor in you would be off the budget plan so for a couple months in the spring and then again in the fall you wouldnt be saddled with paying a high bill, you would pay next to nothing like everybody else.
Electric- almost every time is the most expensive energy you can buy and you helped prove it with this post, thanks!