Using a heat pump instead of space heaters would save THREE times in cost. Several DIY ways to do it. A Heatpump and an old AC unit are the same thing, just depends on which way you put it in the window!
I pickup used AC units along the street and there is never anything wrong with the Heating/Cooling loop. Typical problems are; 1) Filter never cleaned so the coils are all cloggedup 2) Fan shaft is all gunked up and wont spin (WD40 - then new oil) For heatpump, Put an AC unit in the window backwards (knobs on oursideand set to coldest. But still that wont work below 60F, so best to find the thermostat and jumper it always on. Then use power strip switch or other switch to control. Also, you cannot run it for hours on end bvecuae an AC unithas no defrost cycle so you have to let any ice melt. BEST DEAL IS FINDING a dual hose or single hose portable AC and pui tting it outside to blow inside. Or put itin the basement or unused (OK to be cold) room and let the hot side hose blow up into your occupied space. Bob, WB4APR On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 2:10 AM Lawrence Rhodes via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > We have been converting over a decade. Solar panels about 15 years ago. Cost > too much and too small. However it makes it big difference when you can do a > lot of chores using 120vac appliances. We replaced the 1935 electric water > heater with a new one in 2015. We bought a used Bosch ventless clothes dryer > for a hundred bucks. Bought three induction cook plates new or used for 50 > bucks or less each. Bought a $99 Oster French door oven which will do 16-inch > pizzas or a small turkey as well as casseroles. Have a crockpot. We use space > heaters so I suppose it would be cheaper to go heat pump. I'll talk to Cor > about that. All in all we did it on the cheap even selling our old gas stove > which paid for all the induction hot plates. Very convenient. You can move > them around and put them away to make room to chop food. Our total > transportation and household energy cost was $450 for last year which > included transportation with EVs totaling 12k miles for two cars and all > household usage. We di d try to use energy while the sun shines and took advantage of free charging at work and at Nissan dealers. Lawrence Rhodes.... > > > > > On Thursday, December 2, 2021, 10:47:49 PM PST, Cor van de Water > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I see it is dedicated to San Francisco area. > Home electrification is going to happen. > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
