Propane Dryer gas usage
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Comments (10)Propane is the most expensive heating fuel in my area with a cost of $28 per Million BTU. $2.05 gallon contract price with 80% furnace. Heat pump is around $5.50 per million BTU with rates at $.055 Kw for separately metered heat pump. I used 500 gallons of propane from September to February. Very mild winter in a 1650 Sq ft house that is decently insulated. (In Missouri) Getting ready to install a air HP with propane back up. Hope to cut my propane use by seventy five percent. Additional ducting being done with the install. Current 80% propane furnace with 10 SEER 2 ton AC (undersized) New 3 ton AHRI rated HSPF 9.0/ 17 SEER 2 stage heat pump with new variable speed, modulating 80% propane furnace as back up heat....See Morenatural gas vs. propane gas cooktop
Comments (14)dcarch, depending on what you mean by 'old', I am going to disagree. I suppose I may not have found a competent plumber, but I spent hours with appliance guys and Kitchenaid and Google etc. If by 'old', you meant a 1950s stove, then you probably wouldn't even need a plumber. I suspect the same applies if we are talking some nice expensive open burner modern stove. However, if you are talking sealed burner stoves and needing conversion to propane, it is a different story. Unfortunately, other than a modified pressure regulator, the only gas control one has is the orifice for each burner. You will get a propane replacement kit with supposedly appropriate orifices for your burners. If they are not exactly right to give appropriate flame, you need to find other orifices and most specific sizes are not available. There are special micro drill bits that can be used on undersized orifices and it might be possible to find a plumber with such a kit, but perhaps not. In any case, an appropriate flame will not likely be one that would respond to the movement of your burner knob and you may find that max flame could be reached at a half on position. If you can find a stove built for propae it would be a good idea to get it....See MorePropane gas...what a shock at $3.29 plus tax!
Comments (21)Hi Cynic, I got your email...and thank you so much for remembering me. For starters, I don't know what size tank I have...either 200 or 250 gal....and at the end of Feb was when I put in 100 gal....so it has been a little over 3 months now. I just checked the gauge, and it reads about 48%. I think I used the little propane heater maybe half a dozen times after the fill, and usually only for a couple of hours. I don't expect to be doing much heating with gas in the years to come...maybe just the little one, when I have been gone a good while, and turned the electric down low...or even off. It sure helps having a basement, and not have the concern of freezing pipes like I used to have in my mobile home b4 building. The house can be left without heat for days at a time, with some really cold temps outside, and the only damage I've ever had was some (stupid) house plants...which I didn't particularly care for anyway. Guess I will check the price now, and go ahead and have them fill it up...as it won't get any cheaper in the years to come. Thanks for thinking of me. Sue...See MoreHow do I calculate relative natural gas usage in two apartments?
Comments (14)Heat loss calculations look at the building envelope, not the load between floors. You could apply basic heat transfer principles and calculate each space on its' own and estimate heat loss and usage, but this would be a theoretical exercise and have very little legal standing. No one would or should pay utility allocations based on a unsubstantiated calculation. Where you really need to start is with the landlord/tenant laws for your state. Depending on what is allowed your options, best to worst, would be: 1) Split up utility services (gas, water, electric) by apartment and require tenants to have their own account. 2) Submeter utilities with additional gas/electric/water meters and chargeback tenant. That mean's one main feed to the building with separate in-line meters that you log and allocate a portion of the monthly utility bills based on the reading. 3) Remove the upstairs thermostat. You can replace the thermostat with a space sensor, and then remotely set the thermostat to an agreed temperature above the legal requirement. The most important part of all this is the state laws. Some states don't allow submetering. Regardless of what you choose you need to get the tenant to accept it in writing in their lease....See Morebrn3a
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