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[brohnson]

Someone told me that if I install a OWB that my electricity price will go through the roof because I will have a pump going 24/7 to push water and my fan will be going on/off all the time. He said by the time you way out everything it will be easier to stay on natural gas........I think he is full of it. What do you guys see in your electric bills from the time you before your boiler was install to the time after your boiler was running for months?

Thanks!

[wrudoing]

$5.00 a month/ pump maybee.  Wouldn't your fan be cycling with gas

[RSI]

Electric use from the fan will be the same or less than if you are burning gas. (fan has to run either way)
Depending on a lot of things including size of pipe you use and distance from house, you may be able to use an 80 watt pump or you may need a bigger one that will use about twice the power.
An 85 watt pump will use about 2 KWH per day or 60 per month. The average rate for power is $0.10 per KWH.

[wrudoing]

Thats what i said

[RSI]

Yeah but I was saying depending on how you set it up you might use 2+ times as much. A Taco 0011 will use about $15 per month but a B&G PL36 will move more water but use about $12 so it depends on a lot of stuff.

Either way it isn't much compared to buying gas.

[brohnson]

Thanks guys! Should I just go with the bigger one since I am going to do my home, garage and hot tub (down the road)?

[RSI]

Bigger what? Boiler?
It will depends on what you are pumping through for the size of pump you will need. You can also use 2 small pumps instead of one big one too.

[wrudoing]

You need to buy a boiler that can support multiple zones which would mean 2 or more pumps 1 for the house and 1 for the garage ask your dealer for advise on the right pump for the situtation.

[wrudoing]

I thought he was talking pump size. But yea buy a boiler that will support future applications.  I personally think over size is better than under sized

[muffin]

I thought he was talking pump size. But yea buy a boiler that will support future applications.  I personally think over size is better than under sized

I agree, get the bigger boiler.  Means you will have ti fill it less frequently too.  I do not think there is much downside to a bigger unit other then inital cost and footprint.

[wrudoing]

I thought he was talking pump size. But yea buy a boiler that will support future applications.  I personally think over size is better than under sized

I agree, get the bigger boiler.  Means you will have ti fill it less frequently too.  I do not think there is much downside to a bigger unit other then inital cost and footprint.

Agreed, look at the larger unit as a water heater a 30 gal water heater runs out of hot water much quicker than say a 105 gallon, it doesn't have to cycle as much and the larger fire box allows for longer burn times.

[johnybcold]

Lol well my electric bill went up a lot but I have hvac on the first floor of a 3200 sqft house last year was my first year but I think it went up cause I actually had the heat on a confortable temp

[muffin]

Lol well my electric bill went up a lot but I have hvac on the first floor of a 3200 sqft house last year was my first year but I think it went up cause I actually had the heat on a confortable temp

So let me get this straight, last year your bill was lower with just a heatpump, but with a lower heat setting.  This year it was higher with the wood boiler, no heatpump, but at a higher setting?

That really should not be the case unless you are talking about a drastic difference in the settings.  Like 50F vs 80F.

[johnybcold]

 My electric bill was probably more then $100 a month cheaper before I installed the own, but the house was never set above 65 and that was only in the zone I was in when I was home. I had a oil burner with forced hot air on the first floor and baseboard heat on the second. Last year was my first year with a own my unit is 130-150 ft from my indoor boiler I only have the one pump outside the lines go into my depressurized boiler, each zone uses the pump it already had, last year my house was perfect  I set all the thermostats to 65-68 all the time so the forced hot air was on more that means the humidifier goes on more too. I am sure every house varies but I was a cheap mofo Shen it came to heat before I had it so I expected the elec to go up

[MattyNH]

I guarantee I use way more power with my a/c's ( bran new) right now than running my owb for seven months..I really don't see a issue (for me)..Ya know every situation is so different..I really can't see the OBW being a electric guzzler..All it is a pump and a fan that goes on and off if u have one.. Electric rates differ from state to state..