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Article #623336Re: off topic All-electric homes
From: J. Clarke
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 22:23
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 22:23
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On Sat, 28 Apr 2018 16:25:34 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> wrote: >On Sat, 28 Apr 2018 12:05:44 -0700 (PDT), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >> >> In the 1960s, the electric power industry pushed for all-electric >> homes--where all appliances, including heat, would be electric. >> >> They liked electric heat since it made use of otherwise idle >> capacity in the winter (it was used in summer for a/c). >> >> In modern times, gas is now popular and more economical, though >> rates vary a lot by locality. >> >> https://books.google.com/books?id=51UEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA60&dq=life%20long%20island%20expressway&pg=PP2#v=onepage&q&f=false >> >> Many years ago, my parents used coal. They hated it, and were >> very happy when they converted to oil heat. > >Electricity heating has the disadvantage that if you had a local power >outage you had no heat. If you had some oil or gas powered system you had >it at least warm, although your fridge, TV and other appliances wouldn't work. My heat is baseboard hot water. Without electricity the circulating pump doesn't work and the main burner doesn't light. So the "warm" is just the pilot light which does very little in a CT winter.
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