I had one installed this year and this kind of system was new to me.
Heat pump with oil back up.
In this application it has been super fugal on oil- I locked in this year at $2.19 a gallon ( heating oil) and
and signed up for 3 years at 6.80 cents per kwh electric.
Only negative is that with the hybrid system you get shifting back and forth and when the heat pump can't get you to where you need to be you cycle to the oil furnace for which it only runs from 30-240 seconds and then it kicks back to the pump and so on.
Now I have other places with propane and this is the question.
Given the electric rates above and since I own my own propane tanks I can get 1000 gallons at a time for around 67 cents a gallon- shopping at the summer-early fall months.
To me it seems a Hybrid heat pump and propane setup is not really worth it because of the propane price.
Yes I know you can get nailed $3-$4 for propane and that is why I bought my tanks. One year it was $7 a gallon.
Anybody have experience on the east coast running a Hybrid propane system.
I think a AC with a 95-97% efficiency propane heater is a better option?
Heat pump with oil back up.
In this application it has been super fugal on oil- I locked in this year at $2.19 a gallon ( heating oil) and
and signed up for 3 years at 6.80 cents per kwh electric.
Only negative is that with the hybrid system you get shifting back and forth and when the heat pump can't get you to where you need to be you cycle to the oil furnace for which it only runs from 30-240 seconds and then it kicks back to the pump and so on.
Now I have other places with propane and this is the question.
Given the electric rates above and since I own my own propane tanks I can get 1000 gallons at a time for around 67 cents a gallon- shopping at the summer-early fall months.
To me it seems a Hybrid heat pump and propane setup is not really worth it because of the propane price.
Yes I know you can get nailed $3-$4 for propane and that is why I bought my tanks. One year it was $7 a gallon.
Anybody have experience on the east coast running a Hybrid propane system.
I think a AC with a 95-97% efficiency propane heater is a better option?