Propane again..energy value...

DENNIS MIN · Jan 28, 2014

All,

I tried to read the responses previous and got lost.

I am apparently numerically challenged.

If propane is $4 per gallon corrected to 60 degrees F, and electric is $0.10 per kwh, which is cheaper to run per hour?

Assume and 80% efficient forced air furnace. I am assuming that leaving the lights on in the house would be cheaper.

To keep on topic, some tractors use LP, and the gasoline energy equivalent is documented.

Thanks in advance,

D.

IaGary · Jan 28, 2014

10 cent per kilowatt electric is about half the cost of btu as $4.00 lp.

Leave all the lights on. And the stove with the door open if it is electric.

Your stove is 100% efficant.

Gary

Anonymous-0 · Jan 28, 2014

A gallon of propane is equivalent to slightly less than 28 KWH

Chris Jones · Jan 28, 2014

I don't know if this article is correct but it shows the math.
Propane vs electric

Wile E · Jan 28, 2014

When propane is $3 per gallon it is about equal to electric.
So.....Ummmm......Propane costs more than electric. Something just aint right when it costs less to heat with Propane than electric.
You gotta get a wood stove or pellet stove.

Wile E · Jan 28, 2014

I mean costs less to heat with electric instead of Propane.

DENNIS MIN · Jan 28, 2014

IAgary,

That's what I was thinking, when I get to thinking, heck, there's a lot that goes amiss.

D.

NEKS · Jan 28, 2014

Does this make my incandescent light bulbs 100% efficient this time of year. Hum!

DENNIS MIN · Jan 28, 2014

NEKS,

Unfortunately, that's what math I am doing.

D.

Janicholson · Jan 28, 2014

Inside the house yes 100% getting out of the ground and made into the electron shuffle, it is not! Jim

Mark-Mi · Jan 28, 2014

Ask and yee shall receive.
calculator

Dave Sherburne NY · Jan 28, 2014

If you have incandescent the bulbs will help to heat. Curly bulbs not so much.

IH2444 · Jan 28, 2014

(quoted from post at 21:53:09 01/28/14) If you have incandescent the bulbs will help to heat. Curly bulbs not so much.

Sleeping with all the lights on does not work out so well for most of us.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 28, 2014

How many lit light bulbs can I get in the wood stove

B-Mod · Jan 28, 2014

Click on the link, an easy way to figure costs.

http://pelletheat.org/pellets/compare-fuel-costs/

ohiojim · Jan 29, 2014

you want to talk about lights for heat,..AEP built a new office around 1970 that had no heating system, all heat was derived from the lights, but did have air conditioner

JDemaris · Jan 29, 2014

Why pick 80% efficiency for a propane furnace? Many are 91% and don't cost much more then the 81"% models.

DENNIS MIN · Jan 29, 2014

WGWky2,

That,s a funny response!

D.

DENNIS MIN · Jan 29, 2014

jdemaris,

Shamefully, I picked 80% because I'm too lazy and cold to go to the basement and read the numbers of my furnace.

I figure I'll put up with a larger electric bill to offset this propane pricing gig. Lighting seems readily at hand and less expensive for the moment.

D.

buickanddeere · Jan 29, 2014

$2.16 of electricity gives the same heat as a $4.00 gallon of LP through a 81% furnace .

Pops1532 · Jan 29, 2014

Out of curiosity I looked at the cost difference between 80% and 95.5% (I didn't see a 91%) on a well know home improvement store's website. The 95.5% efficient furnace cost 44% more to purchase.
In the short term that is a significant difference, but in the long term the high efficient is probably more cost effective.

DENNIS MIN · Jan 29, 2014

Mark,

Thanks, just makes an obvious choice easier.

D.

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