EFM520 VS. Electric Heat???

Post by **StokerDon** » Tue. Mar. 24, 2015 9:03 pm

Rob R. wrote:Start reading his meter once per week.

That's probobly the only way to find out!

-Don

Post by **StokerDon** » Tue. Mar. 24, 2015 9:11 pm

titleist1 wrote:Hey SD....
Tell him you'll be glad to take that 520 out of his basement and free up that room for him since he likes his electric so much!

I can't believe this thread is over an hour old and i'm the first to suggest this!

My first thought too. He said he doesn't want to sell it. Keeping at as a backup. He has a few radiators he is going to sell me though!

-Don

Dave 1234 · Post by **Dave 1234** » Tue. Mar. 24, 2015 9:13 pm

Years ago I had to cut the power to a house for the meter dept.
The guy had a 10.00 light bill for years on a big old house.
He was very crafty, .. filed 2/3 of the pinion worm gear off the meter and reassembled it just like it was never touched.

Always a way to do it

,

Dave

waldo lemieux · Post by **waldo lemieux** » Wed. Mar. 25, 2015 8:18 am

Near me there is a village , two actually , that owns its own electric utility. They buy electricity on the market and sell it to residents at no profit. They have a couple of guys that read the meters and maintain the lines ect. I don't know the exact numbers but at one time we were paying like 14 cents kwh and they were at like 3 cents kwh. I can tell you that everybody over there uses electricity for everything. The state of Montana had a similar utility until some governor sold it off and totally screwed everybody. So I guess what Im saying is that its possible that Dons neighbor maybe speaka da trudt.

Sting · Post by **Sting** » Wed. Mar. 25, 2015 9:04 am

Its a small downtown store?
Commercial districts usually have 208 or higher voltage 3 phase power
Maybe he has 3phase power to run the ice cream freezers and drink coolers
3 phase is quite a bit more economical

also consider the dirt and labor differential to care for a resistance fired wet system vs a solid fuel infrastructure
my labor is a cost of business - if I don't need to tend the boiler, I can sell stuff to pay the bills

Kind Regards
Sting

Post by **StokerDon** » Wed. Mar. 25, 2015 7:51 pm

Next time I'm in town I will look at the polls to see if there is a 3 phase transformer hanging there. If your going to use electricity to power something 3 phase is the way to go. A whole lot more area under the curve with 3 phase.

-Don