Heating Cost: Electric vs. Propane
I'm not sure if this is the best forum category for this thread. I am spending the winter in South Texas and we are back to heating the motorhome. I bought an electric heater because I like to min...
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WNYBob wrote:
Please remember exchange tanks usually don't have 20# in them! More like 15#.
Modern 20# tanks don't hold 20#...but that's mostly due to the overfill device limiting how full they can fill.
To the OP:
There isn't a lot of difference unless prices are out of wack (ie: $0.40/kwh vs a more typical $0.15/kwh).
Propane is propane. It's not like gasoline or diesel where you are pumping liquid fuel into an engine. The propane evaporates and a gas flows thru the lines, so don't worry about a mobile fill truck.
The biggest issue is the hassle of filling propane.
We usually start with the electric heat and if it will be below freezing, set the furnace to supplement (and it sends a little heat to the tanks).
It's unlikely that you will save enough to pay for a dinner out once a month by selecting heating source.
Now if you are at a nightly stop where electric is included...then it's pretty obvious use electric heat first.
