Delonghi Oil Heater - What kind of oil
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Recall: Holmes oil-filled electric heaters
Comments (3)As China becomes more industrialized and more inferior products come out of there, I wouldn't be surprised to see recalls like this increase drastically. What an ingenious but passive way to invade the enemy. Burn down their houses one at a time using cheap goods. I suppose that makes Walmart kind of like a modern day Trojan Horse!...See MoreOil heater question
Comments (6)I personally would never buy an Oil furnace. The other furnaces are probably way oversized for your winter design conditions; which the Load-Calc will show you. This Free online calc will help you determine equipment sizing & point-out areas that need efficiency retro-work - Once you calculate the page it saves the inputs for up to 24 minutes or, until you change inputs or close your browser. You can easily reduce infiltration rates yourself, therefore, IâÂÂd use 0.4 ACH (Air Changes per Hour) be sure to add the (Air Changes per Hour) CFM into the âÂÂFresh Air Recommended âÂÂline-slot, or it wonâÂÂt figure the Infiltration & fresh air Btuh. You can experiment with changing the design temperatures in both heat & cooling, (or start-over showing the New Retro-R-Values) also to see whether the equipment exceeds, at those particular temperatures & new retro conditions, (exceeds) the Btuh calculation load numbers, 'in each' of the 3 cooling categories; Total Btuh, Sensible Btuh & Latent Btuh. You have to know you're doing the calc RIGHT. Here is a link that might be useful: Free Online Whole House Load-Calc...See MoreShould I change to an oil hot water heater?
Comments (2)I want to revise my comments about costs, as it's been several years since I replaced my own water heater and prices have gone up more than I thought. It's also unclear to me whether you are talking a regular oil-fired water heater or a tankless one. But in any case, I still think $3100 is much too high. I also am not convinced you will see big enough savings to justify whatever the outlay is. Your first priority should be to figure out why your electric bills are so high and what part of that is due to the existing water heater and its efficiency or inefficiency, how well it's insulated, and whether you can make changes in your hot water usage. To start with, contact your electric utility...many of them have energy conservation departments that can give you good advice, or maybe even visit your house to help figure this out. Your best bet might be to install an efficient, new electric water heater and try to limit hot water use more, and/or try to do things like running laundry loads late at night (off-peak hours) when electric rates could be lower. Here is a link that might be useful: Oil fired water heaters...See Morewaste oil heater?
Comments (0)I have started a hydroponics business in my basement and am looking to expand. I would prefer to expand into a greenhouse to cut electrical costs, but worry the heating bill will be just as bad (cold climate, NWMN). I am also a grain farmer so it makes me wonder if I could install a waste oil heater to minimize my heating cost. what are your thoughts having this in a green house environment?...See Morejeffnette
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