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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Actual Electric Savings...
« on: March 12, 2013, 06:42:42 AM »
jam, could you explain further. Are you both heating with electricity ( home, dhw and garages)? By my calculations your bill is 37% of your neighbors. You will still have the regular requirements ( lights, fridge, laundry, etc,etc) and also the pumps for the owb. I just find it hard to compare my bill to anybody elses, they may be similar size homes but everybody has there own way to run them. I do not have an owb yet but if i get one I don't really expect my electricity usage to change as I heat with oil, house and dhw. In fact it may increase slightly to run pumps.
P.S welcome to the forum.
P.S welcome to the forum.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Actual Electric Savings...
« on: March 03, 2013, 08:14:05 PM »
Yes Willie, I am from Ontario. Makes you wonder how many other meters are not right. Not sure if Creeker has the same meter as us but may be the same type of issue. My wife's parents had theirs changed (not by choice)- it was not reading enough kwh, hydro changed it and when the tech finished said he will be back again as this new one was not working at all. He had to hit it a couple times to get it working.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Actual Electric Savings...
« on: March 03, 2013, 07:29:24 PM »
I also agree with RSI. An energy meter may be $200 well spent. I just received my first electricity bill since October. It appears my so called "smart meter" (we have 3 different time of use prices) was not working properly and I was issued a credit. Geez, maybe I'll get one too and keep an eye on things.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: OWB or stick with oil?
« on: February 27, 2013, 07:42:23 AM »
Trint, yes I believe it is the same stove you mentioned. I was sent pics of the unit and has thick refractory brick on bottom and part way up the sides. The local dealer also said they removed the water tubes from the grate area, but I only have pics at this time - no literature and I still have not seen anything on p+m's website. It also changed to 4 legs instead of full sides to pad. I kind of like the full side look. Hope to see it at our local farm show in march. Supposed to be 5/6 companies there.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: OWB or stick with oil?
« on: February 26, 2013, 07:46:17 PM »
I can certainly understand with older/larger home as my parents heat a large farmhouse about the same age Trint. They heat the original part with oil but in the newer addition they keep a fireplace goiing non stop the last 2-3 years so the 2nd furnace does not come on. (and they are telling me I should switch to OWB)
Rick and Trint : I had talked to a portage and main rep and the local dealer at Christmas time and they have me leaning towards the 2840 (I
think) it replaces the ml30. How are you liking your ml 30 and 36, any problems or concerns?
Rick and Trint : I had talked to a portage and main rep and the local dealer at Christmas time and they have me leaning towards the 2840 (I
think) it replaces the ml30. How are you liking your ml 30 and 36, any problems or concerns?
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: OWB or stick with oil?
« on: February 26, 2013, 06:28:44 PM »
Thanks to all you fine lads for your responses. My wife grew up with wood heat 'till the day she came to work for me, HA HA! We have been talking and talking and talking about switching for couple years now but as spring comes around it gets forgotten untill october shows up - "You know we should have done something!"
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: OWB or stick with oil?
« on: February 26, 2013, 04:44:49 PM »
Oil today ( just filled up ) was 1.169/L and I would purchase wood from FIL. Hopefully he would give me a good deal.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / OWB or stick with oil?
« on: February 26, 2013, 04:29:41 PM »
Hello all.Newbie from Ontario here and really been enjoying this forum. I am wondering if a switch would be worth it for me. We have a 14 year old 1500 sqft bungalow with insulated bsmt and 570 sqft attached garage,unheated. We heat with oil (forced air furnace and DHW) and as you may well know it's not getting any cheeper! We keep the t-stat usually around 60-64 but will crank it all the way up to 68-70 and the really cold days.
What I'd like to ask is at what point did you guys say that's enough and make the switch? We used about 1500L/400gal per year the last 2 years ( I don't think thats bad but we do keep the house less than "room temperature") Don't know how much we would use at 72.
What I'd like to ask is at what point did you guys say that's enough and make the switch? We used about 1500L/400gal per year the last 2 years ( I don't think thats bad but we do keep the house less than "room temperature") Don't know how much we would use at 72.
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Central Boiler / Re: frequent burn cycles???
« on: February 12, 2013, 06:28:14 AM »
Not trying to be a smart a$$, honest. But I read a post from January 2012 with this concern. Was your CB a new install with new pex lines? Is it possible heat loss to the ground? Can you switch your temp guages, maybe one is defective?
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Things you wish you'd done differently??
« on: February 12, 2013, 05:48:32 AM »
This looks like it will be a thread for newbies to follow for sure. What's keeping mice and their larger friends out of the larger tile? Don't need to give them a nice warm home too!