Times of austerity.........

[araucano]

Hello:
During these times of austerity where we
are trying to save not only fuel.I was wondering
How do you most of you save money on PROPANE...
Do you shot off water heater and use it sparingly?use only cold water?
I'd love to learn how everyone is reacting to
saving gas and subproducts.....
thanks.......araucano.

[araucano]

Hello:
During these times of austerity where we
are trying to save not only fuel.I was wondering
How do you most of you save money on PROPANE...
Do you shot off water heater and use it sparingly?use only cold water?
I'd love to learn how everyone is reacting to
saving gas and subproducts.....
thanks.......araucano.

[LindaH]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by araucano:
How do you most of you save money on PROPANE...
Do you shot off water heater and use it sparingly? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
If we're hooked up to electricity, we run the water heater on electric. If we're dry camping, we turn on the water heater ONLY when we need hot water...typically, twice a day: Once in the morning and again in the evening. We've always done this, though, so it's nothing new for us.

[Moder2]

If we are in a site and not paying extra for electric use, we hardly ever need to burn gas for hot water... We just space our useage out a bit more so we don't run out with the Electric side.

If your heater doesn't have a electric element, there is a kit to add the option to it. I think it is called the "Hot Rod".

Or you could upgrade to a Gas/Electric heater, but it is fairly expensive to replace.

Other options, we use electric space heaters when needed, and the temps are within our window to keep water from freezing, when it gets really low we need to run the furnace somewhat to keep the pipes from freezing, or take additional steps of adding heat to the wet bays.

If we are on a site where we pay extra for electric this becomes more of a game of numbers depending on what the electric rates and propane costs. For me, if the costs are equal I will always use as much electric as I can, since I believe it is a better situation to pull energy from the "Grid" where it is mass produced at the lowest local cost, vs. burning a non-renewable resource, plus it is more of a pain to get it, and fool with it.

John

[Magoo]

We use park elect. for water heating and space heating as much as possible. Don't top off propane tank more than twice a year.

[Ray,IN]

Some things we do are: only use the LPG water heater first thing each morning to wash up, wash dishes,etc. It is turned off until after evening meal, then on for showers-personal needs, then off until morning. The residual hot water seems to last between those two times.

When we are paying for electricity, I use these facts to determine which is cheaper to heat water, cook food,etc.
Electricity contains: 1KW= 3,414 btu
Propane contains: 1 gallon = 91,690 btu
water heater and furnace are approx. 65% efficient on propane, water heater- virtually 100% efficient on electricity.
Now just do the math to determine which is cheaper to use.

If you prefer, a rough guide is multiply the cost of electricity X 22 and compare to the cost of propane per gallon.

[diandtom]

My 100 lb tank down at the garage is out of propane and the 250 lb tank at the house is half full. I use propane at the garage to heat the garage with and run a grill, but at the house it used as a backup to the heat pump. I hate calling the gas company for a fill.
Tom