Northeast Nebraska and Candelaria Philippines | paul the original - 5/25/2012 11:41
Are you on REA power?
Check for programs with your electric company.
My REA power company has a program, not sure of the costs today, but a decade ago I got an 80 gallon electric Marathon fiberglass water heater installed for $120 my cost. The only catch was they put a control on it so they could turn it off during peak power demands. I've _never_ noticed an issue with the control, my understanding is it is rarely used. The large size of the water heater allows a lot of use even if the power is off for a few hours.
Back then that type of weater heater was top of the line, cost over $900 plus instalation.....
No-brainer.
--->Paul
I think that is a very good idea from the power company. As we rely more and more on wind generated power, there will have to be creative solutions like this. I think someday we will have variable cost electricty. We will have a readout at our homes giving the current cost of electricty. |
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