I sometimes invite affiliates and vendors that have done good work with me and my clients in the past to send me some information about their products and services to publish on my blog. Tim Bob owns a local a local air conditioning and heating service in the Dallas and Plano area and has worked with several of my clients in the past and also services the HVAC at my home as well.
If you need the services of a good HVAC tech in the Dallas and Plano area, call Tim Bob at 214-762-2598.
His article this week is about the three options that Dallas home owners typically have to heat their home. It is a bit technical, but explains the reasons why some methods are more efficient than others.
Enjoy reading!
Typically, three methods are used to heat homes in Texas.
- Natural gas - Uses a flame to heat the air. Flame is safely contained within the furnace. This method is very efficient.
- Electric resistance.This is the method used in "all-electric" homes. The initial cost of electric units is typically less expensive, but can be three to four times the cost to operate as gas or heat-pump. Obeys the “Thermal law of physics” and cannot be changed. Anything electric must follow “The law”. Electric resistance furnaces cannot be made more or less efficient. They heat at the exact efficiency as a hair dryer, light bulb or toaster or even a poorly maintained furnace. The same “law” states that a burning pound of coal at the generating plant will produce the same amount of heat as if you were to burn it in your home!
- Heat pump- generally used as an option when you want the efficiency of natural gas, but do not have gas. But does this violate “the Thermal law of physics?”
It doesn’t. The heat isn’t produced from electricity or gas. It is taken from the air outside. Very tricky. There is heat outside when it is twenty degrees. One must agree 20 degrees is warmer than 5 degrees. This is the heat available from outside. Just don’t slide that thermostat switch to emergency heat; you just turned on the expensive electric resistance heat function.
One more note. Magazines and television commercials have advertised an “Amish made” heater that plugs in and is supposedly very efficient. Not so. They cannot violate the law of physics. Here is the rationale they use: You will be heating the one room you are in. You then turn the heat down in the rest of the house, thus saving money. If you heat three rooms with these heaters, it may be as cheap to use your heat pump or gas furnace and heat the entire house.
Contact Tim Bob for Air Conditioning and Heating Sales and Service in Plano, TX (214) 762-2598
John Jones, Realtor(R)
JR Premier Properties
18170 Dallas Parkway, Suite 303
Dallas, TX 75287
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