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[Ed165]

All electric house 2500 sq ft. before OWB winter electric was 850.00 to 1000.00 per month after OWB 125.00 per month
 

[userdk]

Up $20 since I have to run the pump and blower on the stove.

Are you heating water with the boiler?

[aries9245]

I went up I guess between radiant pumps and owb pump and fan it's alot higher especially in colder months.. Better than paying 7k a yr in propane I spend about 1200 on propane a yr now runs dryer stove top hot water heater and backup for boiler

[Ridge]

Just got second month bill, saved $30 the first month and second month saved $11 from previous average, still better than average

[kc]

Decreased.   The difference in my electric bill is my hot water heater is off.   This is my third winter with the stove and my electric bill drops $40 - $50 per month not running the water heater but the big savings is not having to purchase propane.   With the cold winter last year I figure I saved $3000 to $4000 on propane costs.   Running the pump and small blower on the stove does not burn much juice compared to lighting up a heating element...

kc

[GCTerpfan]

My bill went from averaging $150-$165 to the last being $89.  I contribute it to turning my DHW tank off. A house with 5 kids (two teenagers) and a wife uses a LOT of hot water.

[mlappin]

To be perfectly honest, with two cattle waterers with 750 watt heaters in each, then with two tractors plugged in almost all winter one with a 1000 watt  block heater and the other with a 1500 watt block heater an itty bitty pump running on a boiler isn't even noticeable. What is noticeable is a $28 a month nat gas bill instead of a $500 a month nat gas bill. The $28/month is my minimum I can pay with pipeline charge, maintenance  and all the other crap.

[Ched Bull]

All electric 1800 sq. foot home last November 380.00, this November 140.00  Yah Buddy this is freeking great!

[aries9245]

Man i couldn't be so lucky!   

[treeeman00]

I used to heat with all electric and my bill was usually $350-$380 a month.  Since I put my heatmaster in my bill is right around $100

[Mike.Blount]

I fired up my home made boiler in late November,  I live in Northern Indiana  It hasn't been as cold as last winter, but we did have a colder December it seems.  For my first bill there was a 1,900 drop in Kilowatt Hours.  I went from all electric baseboard heat,  to ducts, and a furnace and heat exchanger.  I didn't even hook gas to the furnace, I strictly use just the blower.   I'm anxious to see what its going to be for the January bill.

[kommandokenny]

. Was thinking and hoping that since the burner and fuel oil pump on the fuel oil boiler wouldn't be running the circulation pump and fan on the OWB would cancel eachother out,

The pump on the OWB is on continuously!
The fans come on when needed.
If your pumping water 24/7  your going to use more juice than when your oil/fuel pump comes on demand.

I guess?
kk

[hrc200x]

Yep, most of it is the pump, hooked it into a thing that tells you how much it would cost to run a month and it was about $12.50, so that plus the fan, and since the water is running cooler than it does with the fuel oil boiler (180 on fuel, 155-160 OWB after it transfers through the water to water exchanger) the zone pumps will need to run more often/longer than when fuel oil was used.