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Electric vs. Oil Heat Usage
Financial Comparison
Electric |
cost per month |
- heating costs
- lighting costs
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~ $80
~ $70 |
Oil |
cost per month |
- lighting costs
- heating costs
- Furnance & drum costs
- Higher insurance
- Annual cleaning
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~ $70
~ $83 ($1000 annually)
~ $30 ($4000 total cost)
~ $20
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$ 6 ($75 annually) |
Health and Safety Concerns
- Most accidental fires that occur in mobile homes or trailers are a result of a faulty furnance. Insurance companies understand:
by using electric heat, the chance of an accidental fire in the home decrease significantly.
- The operation of a furnace is very noisy. Electric heat, on the other hand, makes virtually no noise.
- A forced hot-air furnace is always blowing dusty air around the home. As a result, dusting is an ongoing process. Anyone who is hypoallergenic will appreciate that electric heat does not blow dusty irritants throughout the home.
- The installation of a furnance in any home requires space. In a mini home, the installation of a furnance means that you will loose a valuable storage closet.
- Electric heat is virtually maintenance free. If a heater breaks, it is a very inexpensive process to replace it with a new one. On the other hand, you never know when you will need a costly midnight visit from a furnance repairman.
- Electric heat is always there. With oil heat you are always wondering if you have enough oil in the drum.
- Oil is becoming expensive. Electric heat in Nova Scotia currently comes from cheap coal, and natural gas.
- As a result of very expensive environmental cleanups, most park owner will not allow new homes to move into their communities with oil heat.
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