Thought I would post some data numbers from my electric bill, You most certainly can tell that the heat pumps did not run except when things had died out. The morning of the 30th I was gone, I prefer to not run while gone, so I let her die out. That 10 hour heat was about a 2/3 load. The last long 15 heat burn from 1 in the afternoon until the next morning was a mix of ultra dry oak, and elm, 3/4 full. In the morning of the 31st, I was lazy and finally got around to bypassing the cat, and opening up the draft control fully which netted me another few hours of heat from the coals that burned more fully. 17 hours of heat from that load, the first 15 hours were hands free after she was fully going and then turned down for long and slow. The soapstone helps tremendously. 2400' main floor, -5 to -10 wind chills because of the 50 mph winds. Caveot, my new home is super insulated, but the dual heat pumps do cost money to run. Large unit for main floor, smaller unit for upstairs. Love the IS.
Am I reading that chart correctly? You used about 150 kWh of electricity on the 29th? If so, WOW That would run me about $30 a day or $900 per month. Hope your electric rates aren’t so high. Thanks for sharing..
Yes, stuckinthemuck, I'm in central NH and New England electric rates are double what they are in other regions. Plus heat pumps don't have much heat to pump when the average low is near zero, like it was here in December and part of January. As they say, chopping wood keeps you warm twice, once when you're chopping and again when you're burning. Wade, how freely does the air circulate throughout your floor plan? Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
Yep, our rates are very low here in Missouri. Also all electric house, including two heat pumps, a ptac unit in the four season room, dual freezers and fridges, electric dryer, hotwater, plus two outside dusk to dawn farm lights.
Pretty good in all areas except our master bedroom and bath on main floor. We have a fairly open floor plan between living, kitchen, dinning, utility room amd also upstairs. I had an electric fan set on low to move the warm air too. Stove is centrally located in middle of home and near stairs too. We don't get weeks of cold cold weather, more like 3-4 days, then it is back to normal. Midday in the 30s to 40s average. Perfect for heat pumps. In our old farmhouse I got burned bad with propane costs skyrocketing, so went electric and the IS to supplement and as back up for power outages in our new home.
Electric auxiliary heat would be prohibitively expensive here at 30¢/kwh. It's still not uncommon though.
