[TheForge] Re: WAAAAAAAAY OT

[Dann Johnson]

I live on the Iowa / Minnesota border, and have sold several homes with Air- 
to-Air heat pumps.  One had an absentee seller that wouldn't pay for the 
"dual fuel" lp gas  : he just let  heat pump kept the home from freezing, 
temp stayed / was set at 50 degrees, even when it dipped blow -15 F. 

During that cold snap, I was worried about the house freezing, and spoke 
with the furnace guy...  He said that the heat pump still would heat the 
home, even  at -20, but wasn't as efficent  when temps got below zero 
degrees. He claimed that using the air to air heat pump .. the electricity 
was cheaper than the LP gas, down to the zero degree temp. 

Here, Air to water heat pumps the cheapest to run.  Our electric coop was 
promoting them,  but we have a lot of ground water.  One board member dug 
two wells,  One that he pumps the ground water up, and one that he dumps the 
heat exchanged water.   When some had lp gas heat costs  of $300 / month, he 
said his electric heat pump was keeping the house at 70 degrees for less 
than $25 a month, which included the cost of pumping the water. 

Dann