Friday, November 20, 2009

Measuring fuel spend from BTU's

See what you're paying in fuel with your boiler. Another fuel type might save you money. If you can do either natural gas, oil, propane, or electric, you can compare the fuel costs and see how much fuel you will use with the BTU's in your boiler.

Natural Gas is measured by therm where 1 therm = 100,000 BTU's
Home Heat Oil (#2) is measured in gallons, where 1 Gal = 138,500 BTU's
Liquid Propane is also meausured in gallons where 1 Gal L.P. = 91,500 BTU's
Electric is measured in kilowatts where 1KW = 3,413 BTU's

You can then take the cost per therm, gallon, or kilowatt to find out how much you will spend with each energy source.

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