heating electrically a "back yard" report
Hi, This is a test of a cold soaked RV, ambient temperature -31 C (-23.8 f) The test started at 2:00 but I had difficulty getting the cords "run". I'm plugged into one 30 amp and two 15 amp outlets...
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Hi,
I found a daily average. It suggests I'm using 80 kwh per day.
That number is somewhat skewed because I use the inverter to do my cooking electrically. The meter is set to monitor all 120 feeds--so cooking more or less doubles that part of the number.
It would be about 2 kwhs too high I think.
Where I live propane is $1.41 per liter. ($5.34 per US gallon)
79 x 0.12 for electric is $9.48.
I'm using about 269559 btu's per day.
Propane does 24,603 btu's per liter, and the furnace might be 80% efficient so I'd be using 13.7 liters per day or $19.31 per day. At 80% full my tank only holds 57 liters, so I'd have to fill up every 3 days to prevent running out. That would be a royal pain.
Even if power were metered, in Canada I'd be better off heating electrically. As it is--there is no charge for power where I am staying.
I found a daily average. It suggests I'm using 80 kwh per day.
That number is somewhat skewed because I use the inverter to do my cooking electrically. The meter is set to monitor all 120 feeds--so cooking more or less doubles that part of the number.
It would be about 2 kwhs too high I think.
Where I live propane is $1.41 per liter. ($5.34 per US gallon)
79 x 0.12 for electric is $9.48.
I'm using about 269559 btu's per day.
Propane does 24,603 btu's per liter, and the furnace might be 80% efficient so I'd be using 13.7 liters per day or $19.31 per day. At 80% full my tank only holds 57 liters, so I'd have to fill up every 3 days to prevent running out. That would be a royal pain.
Even if power were metered, in Canada I'd be better off heating electrically. As it is--there is no charge for power where I am staying.
