Which Is Cheaper To Use-gas Logs Or Electric—?
We have gas logs in our living room–just for extra heat when we need it but with gas prices as they are we haven’t even turned them on yet.–we have a gas pack and these are just for “extra heat”. would it be cheaper to change these to electric logs as I do miss the beauty of the fireplace.
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November 2, 2009 @ 11:29 am
It is generally cheaper to heat by gas; 1 kw of electric would produce about 3415 BTU(resistance heat), 1 therm (ft3) of gas would get 100K btu( but at 80% efficiency it is 80K). I dont know what your gas and electric rate are; you can could do the math from here !
November 2, 2009 @ 5:17 pm
I’d say gas especially if you have natural gas. Propane is higher. If you look on your electric bill,they charge you a fuel charge too,so if you use electric you are paying for gas anyway. We are using natural gas now. Last year we used electric only and the bills were huge. Our gas bills are minimal in comparison
November 2, 2009 @ 11:33 pm
You are ususally better off with gas than electric because electric heat consumes sooooo much energy. First of all, high use can boost you into the penalty rate (up to 50% surcharge for all electricity used over a certain amount)
All the power company has to do is to raise it’s prices 20 or 30% and you can be in a world of hurt.
I knew a guy with all electric house. The power company jacked up his rates and he was paying over $900 a month for service. Ouch, it was more than the house payment.
November 3, 2009 @ 4:28 am
For the price of gas I would put electric logs in. In a fireplace most of the heat goes up the chimney. Don’t know if they have electric logs that put out heat but if they don’t buy a small electric heater to warm the room.