What is the payout for converting from gas heat to electric heat?
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What is the payout for converting from gas heat to electric heat?
Fred Beaulac
Jan. 24, 2020Last updated: Sept. 9, 2020
在我们匆忙从白炽灯转换成LED灯的过程中，没有人考虑到将白炽灯产生的热量换成LED灯散发的热量更低的成本。对澳大利亚有好处的(驱除热量)，并不像对加拿大有好处的(想要更多的热量)。两种照明方案之间的热量损失必须由其他电热方案来弥补，如底板加热、电动力风炉。
Heating with electricity is usually a more environmentally friendly option to natural gas, and certainly more so than heating with oil, though sometimes the cost of electric heat is higher. Which province are you in, and do you already haveelectric heating? You are right that theheat generated by light bulbswill contribute to heating your home, which is a benefit in winter, but definitely not in summer. There is more about theefficiency and cost of electric heatinghere this page –
Why Electric Heating Systems are Best for Zero Energy Homes
Even in Canada where that heat is a benefit in winter, most Canadians live in areas where summers are extremely hot, so incandescent bulbs will ad to the discomfort in summer months, or ad to the cooling bill. There is an easy 1/3rd of the year where you won’t want the heat from those bulbs.
And about your specific case - if you noticed a difference in comfort whenswitching from incandescent bulbs to LED，那么你家发生了一些有趣的事情，而我对构建科学取证的嗜好让我很好奇。
I figure you either have - a super-efficient house where a few 100W incandescent light bulbs makes a difference, or you could have had a ton of incandescent bulbs in an older less efficient house. But normally a home heating system is designed to match the worst weather (and more) of a specific climate. So something may be buggy if you’re finding yourself too cold now with LED bulbs.
But as for your original question, we’d need more details. I assume by ‘payout’ you are looking for the return on investment time for converting from gas to electric heat? That depends on what you installed, and utility rates. So – have you already made the switch? What system did you install? And let us know where you are located too.
考虑到变量的数量(每个燃料供应的成本，系统和设备的成本，运行成本，房子的总热负荷等)，我们不可能给出一个准确的数字，所以不要对答案抱太大的希望，但如果你能得到上述变量，我们至少可以为你指出正确的方向。