Heck of a Mini Split Deal

[The Real BigGuy]

Originally Posted by CowTimes

Have to disagree from experience on the heat pump vs. oil. We have oil hydronic baseboards in our house, and put the mini splits in mainly for the A/C, which was lacking. But we use them almost exclusively in the winter for heat and leave the oil baseboards off, unless it gets really cold (around 10 degrees or lower). We save well over a hundred dollars a month (more in the coldest months) compared to oil, after factoring in the additional electric. We also find them more comfortable than the baseboards that turn on and off, as they keep the temperature much more constant.

The “hyper heat” heat pumps they have out now go down to about 20 or 25 degrees outside at 100% efficiency, and only start to drop from there (to about 75% at 15 below zero).

Oil hydronic baseboards are electric heat using the oil to balance and hold the heat generated from electricity. The “oil” heat people are talking about here is heat from an oil fired boiler or furnace.

I am a mini split owner in MA (unfortunately purchased prior to “hyper heat”). I use them for a majority of heat during spring/late winter, fall/early winter and shut them down in the real cold months. Over the past 5 years we have saved several hundred $ a year when comparing oil + electric costs to previous years.


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[CowTimes]

Originally Posted by The Real BigGuy

Oil hydronic baseboards are electric heat using the oil to balance and hold the heat generated from electricity. The “oil” heat people are talking about here is heat from an oil fired boiler or furnace.

Oil fired hydronic baseboard heat refers to an oil-fired boiler that heats water, and the water is circulated to baseboard style radiators. Not sure what type of oil/electric heat this refers to, but “hydronic” means circulated water.

[mswlogo]

Originally Posted by CowTimes

Oil fired hydronic baseboard heat refers to an oil-fired boiler that heats water, and the water is circulated to baseboard style radiators. Not sure what type of oil/electric heat this refers to, but “hydronic” means circulated water.

It actually covers both, but I knew what you meant.

I usually call it Force Hot Water or Forced Hot Air (oil or gas) furnace.

[BroadHopper]

I converted my old gas boiler and separate hot water heater to a condensing on-demand combination boiler. Gas usage was cut almost in half! Of course there are rebates on condensing boilers if it is on the energy.gov list.