Re: OT Electric or Gas furnance.

Posted by Red Dave on October 01, 2003 at 05:56:19 from (24.104.94.34):

In Reply to: OT Electric or Gas furnance. posted by Chances R on September 30, 2003 at 16:22:51:

I have a heat pump/electric backup in a house built in 1990. The heat pump is on it's last legs and I have been pondering the same question.
Right now, I'm leaning strongly toward a gas (propane) furnace and an air conditioner. I even have the yard marked off where I plan to bury the 1000 gallon propane tank.
By my research, it seems that gas (propane) is much more efficient than the heat pump whenever temps get below about 35F. It also seems that there is more heat from a dollars worth of gas than a dollars worth of electricity, (and I work for an electric generating company).
I also believe that electric prices will increase rapidly after 2004, at least in my area.
I am a couple weeks away from digging the hole to bury the tank. I may wait a couple months to install the furnace, just to allow the bank account some recovery time. If I'm ever going to do this, the time to do it is when I'm replacing the system anyway. That time is growing close.

I haven't many complaints about the heat pump, but I want the best efficiency available going forward.
BTW, I'm in southeast Pennsylvania so I suspect that our weather conditions are similar.

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