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Originally Posted by BroadHopper
I beg to differ on the oil fired indirect tank. Oil futures does not look good.
The best way to find out what is the most efficient way to heat your home and hot water is request an energy audit from PSNH. It will be the best $100 you ever spent! My gf 3,000 sq ft lake home uses less than $3000 in propane a year, including hot water, dryer, kitchen stove and propane fireplace!
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You get more BTUs output out of a gallon of oil then a gallon of Propane. And Energy North is selling Propane at $3.89/gal as of last week. I'm sure its going to go up more. My house was total electric back in 1979. I couldn't afford to heat with electric. I have a Super Store hot water tank running off a the propane furnace and it is less expensive to run then electric. I pre-buy propane so that saves me form the fluctuations in the market. Of course if the market goes down then I'm stuck.
Cate, go with the mixing valve. My son had the same problem with hot water and he replace the mixing valve. All fixed.