would an electric fireplace be cheaper to run the electric heat?

jason s

i am trying not to have a 200.00 electric bill again during the winter months. thought about investing in a electric fireplace. i live in a 2 bedroom 2 bath 1 story apartment with 2 heating units.i heating unit heats the master bedroom. the other one heats the rest of the apartment.i do not have a themostat. my control settings are normal, cool, and hot. like what you might find in a hotel room. i have done everything i can do to lower my electric bill. my apartment is a electric. so i was thinking about buying the fireplace and put in the master bedroom and not run the heating unit in the master bedroom.will this same me money on my electric bill? my only concern is the fireplace my trip the fusebox all the time.

Answer
Where do you live?

Can you get away with not running the heat for most of the day/night and just adding more blankets & bundling up?

We have just space heaters (don't use the apartment-furnished heating units) for when it gets REALLY chilly...but then again really chilly for us is when it's in the 40's outside! Cold inside is when it's about 60 or so (and that warrants slipper-socks & sweaters).

You will need to make some decisions on how you want to live. You may just need to save money during the summer to compensate the bill during the winter.

Good luck.

Is it cheaper to use electric fireplace or pay for gas heating?

crystal

My husband, myself and our two children went to go look at a 3 bedroom apartment in Shippensburg,PA, the heating is gas heat and the current tenant said that it has cost them about $100 a month but then they said the place isn't hard to heat. We were wondering if this sounds about right for a Gas Heating monthly bill for PA or in general? Right now in our current apartment we are using 2 electric fireplaces and a space heater to heat our pretty good sized apartment and our electric bill has been ranging about $200 to $600 max during the winter time... Do you think it would be cheaper to pay the gas heating or just keep using the electric fireplaces?

Answer
Gas, the DOE says at http://www.eia.gov/neic/experts/heatcalc.xls that the average US net cost per BTU for electricity is about 3 times the cost of gas.

Gas, 82% (Low) efficiency, $1.10 per therm, $13.47 net per 100,000 BTU
Electricity, 98% efficiency $0.122 per kw/h, $36.49 per net 100,000 BTU

If you save and reopen the above file you can adjust the local unit cost for energy and compare your net difference.

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