Re: Electric space heater?

"GBinNC" <GBinNC@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:06:02 GMT, SnoMan <admin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I never did care for a heatpump in a house let alone a RV because they
produce luke warm air at best and like you said when it is below 40 or
so they suffer in performance even more.

The heat pumps in our houses have gas-pack furnaces for backup heat,
instead of electric elements. Makes a world of difference.


It doesn't make "a world of difference" at all. The elements in a
properly-sized home electric furnace put out the same amount of heat as the
burners in a properly-sized home gas furnace. Therefore, there is no
noticeable difference in heating performance between an electric furnace and
a gas furnace.

In fact, any
time I want all gas heat, I can switch the thermostat to "emergency
heat" and get really warm air.


A similar statement could be made about a home heat pump/electric furnace
combination. It would put out "really warm air" when switched to "emergency
heat."

But despite all that, we get almost all our home heat from woodstoves.
We haven't turned on the heat yet this winter.

(And no, I don't have a woodstove in my Class B <g>.)

--
D.J., N8DO; FMCA 147762
dj[underscore]osborn at yahoo dot com


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