Heat pump or propane
The rear A/C unit on our 2003 Gulfstream Sun Voyager gave up the ghost. Here is my question. We go to Florida for four months (Jan-Apr). We have to pay our own electric (15 cents/KWh). I wonder if I w...
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Ivylog wrote:
Heat pumps are 3-4 times more efficient than heat strips down to 40 degrees... but are still 2X better down to below freezing. Yes, my 13 year old units will keep working down to 32 degrees. You do not need heat in the basements until it gets below 28 for several hours...rarely if you are staying below Orlando.
Propane heartens in RVs are 75% efficient at best so no way it can compete with a heat pump even if propane was $1 delivered.
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Heat pumps are 3-4 times more efficient than heat strips - OR - if electric heat stips are a one to one (.15 will produce .15 units of heat) then a heat pump will only cost you .04-.05 cents per unit of heat.
Really simple - cost a lot less to use a heat pump.
TRUE.
edit - When it's cold outside a heat pump extracts this outside heat and transfers it inside. When it's warm outside, it reverses directions and acts like an air conditioner, removing heat from your home. One advantage of a heat pump is that it moves heat instead of generating heat, giving you more energy efficiency.
