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Old 10-25-2009, 01:23 PM
kerry kerry is offline
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No pumps. The relative costs depends on the relative price of gas vs. electricity so I don't think any answer will be universal.
I have gas hot water radiators in my house. However, it is zoned and I don't heat the upstairs where we sleep. If the temperatures upstairs start dropping into the 30's I'll turn on oil filled electric radiators in our two bedrooms rather than heating the whole upstairs. Doesn't seem to drive up the bill excessively, although we typically only use them under those circumstances for a few hours a night.
My boiler is slightly undersized for my house. (I bought it used cheap) so when it get to about 20 below zero it has to work hard to keep the house in the mid 60's. I considered installing a higher BTU boiler but concluded it wasn't worth the effort. For the few days every few years where it gets that cold. oil filled electric radiators are an adequate supplement.
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