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Article #623402Re: off topic All-electric homes
From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:43
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:43
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hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com writes: >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). When my parents house was built in the mid 70's, electric heat was installed (upper midwest). To support the central forced air electric heat system, two 200A services were installed. Less than a decade later, a LP tank was installed and the furnace converted to LP, and a decade after that, nat gas lines were run to the area and the furnace converted to NatGas.
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