Realize the main point was the differing electric and gas costs, but the briefly mentioned behavior change can be a significant cost factor. We went through this with solar, and to a lesser extent, our heat pump water heater. We just don’t have the same gut wrench when the thermostat is low. And, if we are controlling temperature mostly for comfort when it’s expensive, why not dial it in more accurately when the cost doesn’t change much and our state utility tells us our high production burdens them? Increasing kwh cost will eventually fix this. :)
I got a heat pump and my energy bill went up
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Re: I got a heat pump and my energy bill went up
#12Only if you have few years worth of data that shows indoor temperature, hvac runtime and how quickly house gains/looses heat, you can figure out if "amazingly efficient heatpump" will run cheaper than gas furnace.
Unless electricity is seriously cheap or free
Re: I got a heat pump and my energy bill went up
#13Protip. Just insert any valid email into subscription dialog and it instantly unlocks. No need to register.
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Re: I got a heat pump and my energy bill went up
#14I wanted to read this, but not enough to make an account. Whoever is publishing this blog should consider whether a $0 paywall is worthwhile.
Use a temp throwaway email service such as mailinator.com
Works most of the time.
Re: I got a heat pump and my energy bill went up
#15Protip - it's often cheaper to heat with burning buffalo chips than electricity even if your heat pump is super efficient. Do a spreadsheet and maybe get some solar panels to feed the new beast. Otherwise you may just need to bask in the glow of self satisfaction and enjoy not poisoning yourself with VOCs and CO. I'm not subscribing to your newsletter...
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#16I wanted to read this, but not enough to make an account. Whoever is publishing this blog should consider whether a $0 paywall is worthwhile.
Hey, author of the post here. I can understand your sentiment. Here's a PDF of the article if you don't want to put in your email: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17z3QUpPcWH0HH-QwI8agZIniesI...
Re: I got a heat pump and my energy bill went up
#17I wanted to read this, but not enough to make an account. Whoever is publishing this blog should consider whether a $0 paywall is worthwhile.
Use a temp throwaway email service such as mailinator.com Works most of the time.
I usually put in postmaster@ (e.g. postmaster@heatpumped.org). Eat your own spam, idiot.
Re: I got a heat pump and my energy bill went up
#18Protip. Just insert any valid email into subscription dialog and it instantly unlocks. No need to register.
Great tip indeed.
However, please don't use anybody else's email. (No @example.com) Preferably use the domain of the website itself, or of a SEO spam website.
Re: I got a heat pump and my energy bill went up
#19Def not making an account on whatever random website heatpumped.org is. Owner of the site needs to stop pretending their the WSJ. Anyways the phrasing of the non-blocked article seems to imply the title is a red herring, and their bill actually went down. I'll never know though.
Hi there. Author of this post. The content gate is on by default for all of my newsletter content, but I figured out a way to turn it off. You should be able to read the full article now without putting in an email.