Re: heating the pole building ?

Posted by motogrady on Nov 18, 2013; 1:43am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/heating-the-pole-building-tp4046950p4046953.html



Heatpumps, have come a long way in 20 years.

To get your best bill with a HP, set it at 70 to 73 and leave it there.
It's gonna run all the time, and it feels like it;s blowing cold air,
but in the long run of a month, that will give you your best bill.

The key is to stay off the aux heat, which is usually electric heaters
that look just like the insides of a toaster.  They pull 4 times the
juice the heatpump does.  You'd think turning the thing down at night
would save, but the 30 times a month you turn the thermostat up
in the morning brings the electric heaters on.  Usually, move the stat 3 degrees
above the temp in the room does it.

You don't mess with it, they might come on in the dead of night for a bit,
when it gets so cold outside the pump can't quite keep up.

And keep the filter clean.