Anyone have suggestions?

3/4/2013 9:38:51 PM

lick a finger on each hand, stick them in the sockets

3/4/2013 9:40:22 PM

thermodynamics says good luck

3/4/2013 9:40:39 PM

my electric bill says

3/4/2013 9:41:18 PM

not those cheap infomercial amish wood stoves

3/4/2013 9:41:27 PM

3/4/2013 9:43:28 PM

how do you heat now?

3/4/2013 9:44:14 PM

3/4/2013 9:46:40 PM

Dude, it'll be summer soon. Just standby.

3/4/2013 9:48:41 PM

^^^ central air

and i don't even use half the rooms in the house

[Edited on March 4, 2013 at 9:50 PM. Reason : ]

3/4/2013 9:49:17 PM

"central air" is not a heating method. it's just a way of getting the warm air into your home.

i'm assuming you have a heat pump. there is no resistance heater (space heater) that will be more efficient than your heat pump. the laws of thermodynamics dictate this.

with that said, if you set your heat pump just warm enough to keep your pipes from freezing and had a small resistance heater with a fan blowing on you and just moved it from room to room with you, it's possible that you'd save money. how low you get your electric bill is really only limited by how cold you're willing to be and/or how many layers of clothes you're willing to wear in your home.

[Edited on March 4, 2013 at 9:57 PM. Reason : not even sure that would result in net savings]

3/4/2013 9:56:16 PM

you on a desktop? close the door(s) to the room and enjoy heat

3/4/2013 10:00:38 PM

fair enough, but this fucker barely heats the house as it is and costs a fortune

^ no

[Edited on March 4, 2013 at 10:01 PM. Reason : ]

3/4/2013 10:01:14 PM

get a heat pump with a really high coefficient of performance (COP). I used to use a heating pad, too. Since it's right on you that comfort/wattage ratio is pretty high.

[Edited on March 4, 2013 at 10:01 PM. Reason : ]

3/4/2013 10:01:28 PM

all resistance heaters are 100% efficient. every watt that is used by the heater is converted to heat. we all know that efficiency >100% is impossible, so we use coefficient of performance to compare heat pump performance to thermal efficiency.

note that heat pump manufacturers usually don't use COP for marketing, but use SEER instead. higher the SEER, higher the COP.

[Edited on March 4, 2013 at 10:03 PM. Reason : adsf]

3/4/2013 10:01:41 PM

3/4/2013 10:03:09 PM

^^^ electric blanket sounds fantastic

[Edited on March 4, 2013 at 10:03 PM. Reason : ]

3/4/2013 10:03:26 PM

note that an electric blanket (a resistance heater) won't save you any money unless you also pull your thermostat way down.

[Edited on March 4, 2013 at 10:06 PM. Reason : more insulation in the house and a new, high SEER heat pump are the best money savers]

3/4/2013 10:05:03 PM

well yea - i'd turn that bitch off if i had an electric blanket

3/4/2013 10:06:36 PM

rock on

3/4/2013 10:07:26 PM

thanks for the info, though

3/4/2013 10:08:50 PM

you may want to have an HVAC guy do a general inspection of the system if you think there's really a problem

[Edited on March 4, 2013 at 10:11 PM. Reason : or, if you're not tarded, you could check it out yourself]

3/4/2013 10:11:11 PM

eh, i'm renting

I'm usually decently hands on with stuff, but I know absolutely nothing about these things.

I guess I could just be a douche and call management and make them waste money to send someone out lol

3/4/2013 10:21:13 PM