Daniel
I have just purchased an electric fireplace. It includes an electric heater that appears to be working very well and heating up my 240 sq.ft. living room apartment adequately. The heater is 120V 60 Hz 1500 Watts. Can you tell me how I can calculate the hourly cost of using the heater which has a low/high/off options.
Tks
Answer
Depends what you pay for electricity in the US, but on the high setting it will use 1500 watts in one hour, this is equal to 1.5 Kwh ( in 4 hours it will use 4 x 1.5 kw = 6 Kwh Killowatt Hours) if electricity costs say 10c per Kwh then an hour will cost 1.5 x 10 = 15c. If the low setting is half power (750 watts/0.75kw) the the cost will be halved. If there is a thermostat control it will switch on and off regularly, about 50/50 which will also save running costs.
Depends what you pay for electricity in the US, but on the high setting it will use 1500 watts in one hour, this is equal to 1.5 Kwh ( in 4 hours it will use 4 x 1.5 kw = 6 Kwh Killowatt Hours) if electricity costs say 10c per Kwh then an hour will cost 1.5 x 10 = 15c. If the low setting is half power (750 watts/0.75kw) the the cost will be halved. If there is a thermostat control it will switch on and off regularly, about 50/50 which will also save running costs.
Should I get a pellet stove or just service my fireplaces?
feline*lov
Im tired of oil-heat! Expensive!
Answer
We have both a pellet stove and a fireplace. The fireplace is pretty but not at all efficient. We really needed something that would help us to defray the cost of electric heat. We opted to put the pellet stove in front of the fireplace, blocked off the fireplace with a panel of wood, and ran the venting pipe out through a hole in the wood panel through the fireplace. We've been very happy with the pellet stove. We have a 4,000 square foot home and use the pellet stove to heat it. We have cut our electric bills in half during the winter as a result of the pellet stove. Our bill was never reduced when we used the fireplace.
Another advantage of the pellet stove is that it is not as messy as wood. We do have to vacuum it out every week but it is relatively clean and a great heat source.
We have both a pellet stove and a fireplace. The fireplace is pretty but not at all efficient. We really needed something that would help us to defray the cost of electric heat. We opted to put the pellet stove in front of the fireplace, blocked off the fireplace with a panel of wood, and ran the venting pipe out through a hole in the wood panel through the fireplace. We've been very happy with the pellet stove. We have a 4,000 square foot home and use the pellet stove to heat it. We have cut our electric bills in half during the winter as a result of the pellet stove. Our bill was never reduced when we used the fireplace.
Another advantage of the pellet stove is that it is not as messy as wood. We do have to vacuum it out every week but it is relatively clean and a great heat source.
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