Here comes the cold weather–if it hasn’t hit you already–and I don’t know about all of you, but I love it.  As nice as the snow is, however, we still have to stay warm if we are going to function.  How can you keep some money in your pocket while you’re trying to keep your house comfy?  Let me throw something out there: radiant space heating.  To find the cost of running a heater just take the wattage and turn it into kilowatts.  A 2000 watt heater consumes 2 kWs per hour.  Then take that number and mutiply it by the number of hours the heater will be in use.  Lets say our 2 kW heater is going to run through the night (9pm to 6am) for 9 hours, which means we have a total consumption of 18 kWs.  Then multiply that by the price you pay your power company for a kW of electricity.  So a price of 10 cents would result in a charge of $1.80 to run your heater at night.  Now, space heaters are for just that, heating small spaces.  So make sure to combine their power with the overall utility of a furnace.  This should give you the option of turning that big equipment down and focusing on efficiency by heating just the necessary rooms.  Stay warm.

CO