Technology ConnectionsMar 5, 2023
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Home Electrification: There's not a lot to do, and it doesn't have to be hard (Part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVLLNjSLJTQ
Home Electrification: There's not a lot to do, and it doesn't have to be hard (Part 1)

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Show threadQuinn NelsonMar 5, 2023
@TechConnectify Great video. My house has a 200A service but no insulation 😂 Redoing our attic with cellulose but it’s true, non-framed, brick construction with no furring and plaster on said brick so it’s hyper inefficient. With an electric car, range, dryer, heat pump and a gas water heater / furnace we spent $250 on gas and $210 on electricity last month. And that’s at $1.11/therm and 12c/kWh. 😬
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@snazzyq eek! that's... that's a lot.
Mar 5, 2023 at 9:02pmWeb
Show threadQuinn NelsonMar 5, 2023
@TechConnectify Yeah, not great, Bob! Redoing attic insulation should help a bunch (I hope). On the flip side, it’s quite cheap in the summer because the brick stays cool and breathes well into the late PM before we need to go crazy with A/C. Really only run A/C 24/7 a few weeks in August. Except last year 🥵 💀
Show threadJoe RodricksMar 5, 2023
@snazzyq @TechConnectify we (Massachusetts) just converted from fuel oil in our 1860s house, to air source heat pumps. MA has very expensive electricity, our electric bill this winter was $1,000-$1,300 a month this winter. It’s still cheaper than oil (and now I have heat zones unlike previous steam radiator system).
Show threadRobert RussesMar 6, 2023

@JoeRodricks @snazzyq @TechConnectify I remember you. You were running an overnight test with your heating system around Christmas.

I just paid the electric bill where I’m house sitting in the Midwest. The heat rate, on a separate meter, is 0.065 per kWh.

Total bill this month was $280. This bill was low & took work to keep low.

I just looked at the Massachusetts electric rate. If I were you, I’d trench a gas line to the house.