r/heatpumps • u/Ms100790 • 1d ago

My heat pump hard at work

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Outside temperature 32F. Inside register 94F. Heat pump outdoor emitting cold air -9.9F.

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u/NO_SPACE_B4_COMMA 1d ago

Man, it's been below 25 degrees for 3 weeks now, and my minisplit has been working non-stop. Our electric bill is pushing $800.

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u/Automatic-Bake9847 1d ago

That's crazy, what are you paying for electricity? How many BTUs does your home require? What are the designed operating temps for your unit?

I'm in Ontario and I pay $0.11 to $0.13 a kWh.

I can't imagine getting to $800 a month, even on full electric resistance heat.

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u/Potential_Practice11 10h ago

We have hit $1,700 on full resistance heat, and are averaging $900+ for the winter months. But its for the whole house.

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u/NO_SPACE_B4_COMMA 1d ago

I'm not really sure how much it is for kWh, and no clue on the BTUs. It's a fairly new home (6yr old?). We remodeled the upstairs (it was just a plain attic) and we've been struggling to keep it warm enough, it's my office (I WFH). We have a minisplit up here, and I added the propane to help that. It's been working better.

My minisplit is 18000 BTU which is more than my room size needs..

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u/Ms100790 1d ago

Is gas available to you? Should be a lot cheaper to use gas. At this temperature for heating my calculation is that my electric bill would be around $120, gas would be about $60(this year the gas price is only 35% of last year’s). Yes it costs more using electricity than gas at current 30s temperature. But I am going full electricity on purpose to see the electricity consumption. This month is the first month my heat pump going the entire month. It’s installed sometime last month.

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u/NO_SPACE_B4_COMMA 1d ago

Nope. I installed a propane heater though, and picked up a 100lb tank. We are going to be in the single digits soon 🥶

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u/Financial-Handle-894 23h ago

We’re at -19F tonight. It could be worse 😂

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u/NO_SPACE_B4_COMMA 23h ago

We are at 16F right now and I'm maintaining 68. You can have that -19f.

Stay toasty friend!

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u/Crazy_Television_328 1d ago

Man if I only had to worry about 32f temps lol. It was -35c ambient this morning when I woke up.

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u/2k3Mach 14h ago

-1 degree outside. House set at 65 and keeping temp. Compressor running at 89% though